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Replaced rack pinion now steering shaft seems too long?


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dowen2725
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May 4, 2010, 11:53 AM

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Replaced rack pinion now steering shaft seems too long? Sign In

Please help! My husband and I just replaced our struts tie rod ends sway bar links and rack and pinion on our 2005 grand caravan. We did everything to the Haynes manual and after resetting the clockpin we went to reinstall the boot that goes over the steering shaft and the coupling and realized that the coupling and shaft are pushed so far toward the grill of the vehicle that it is actually hitting the top of the metal of the hole that is there for everything to go through. This prevents the wheel from being able to turn. We are not sure if maybe the coupler was installed too high or what to do next. Please help us. Our twins go down for nap right now and I will try to get photos as we try to figure it out but I hope one of you knows right off hand what we did wrong. Thank you!!


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May 4, 2010, 10:50 PM

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I think a picture would be good.......... I'm having a hard time picturing what you did??

I've done a few of those & going off memory I believe one side has a metal collar that mounts it down, the other side has an eyelet that goes into a bracket on the frame & a bolt goes thru it all.

I'm guessing you didn't get the eyelet all the way down thru the bracket and now the rack is cock. That would also raise it up where it connects to the steering shaft....






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