Steering rack question?

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May 17, 2014 | 08:25 PM

smask04c5

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Steering rack question?

Can you loosely bolt the steering rack to the cradle and install assembly together? I am by myself and attempting to get it under the car tonight. Thanks

May 17, 2014 | 09:11 PM

lionelhutz

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I can't think of any reason you couldn't. The factory puts it together by lowering the body over the assembled cradles.

May 17, 2014 | 10:07 PM

martysauto

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Make sure it's centered along with the steering wheel. Otherwise you be replacing the clock spring.

May 17, 2014 | 10:36 PM

smask04c5

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Originally Posted by martysauto

Make sure it's centered along with the steering wheel. Otherwise you be replacing the clock spring.

I've got that locked down; I took the engine out through the bottom after the cradle was removed. Halfway through the process, I decided that the cradle was much easier to remove then try to take out through the top.
I pushed the new engine on a pallet pull sheet and used the cherry picker; raised it just high enough to get the engine jack under it. Had to take off the intake to get grounds and EGR on cylinder heads. Ended up buying a map extension and drilling the front map mount on the 102.

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