i wish mine was accessible... also you are right, there is very little on this specific adjustment online! everyone make a video of yourself doing this lol I will. "Rack Guide Adjustment" (I'll bet mechanics are selling full steering replacement knowing its just this dumb easy adjustment!)
I'm getting some knocking noise over bumps on the sterring rack, the mechanic did this same thing and he noise is still there. All bushings and suspension parts are good. What should i do?, please help. It's a 2011 sonata
Any idea if there's any replacement centering springs out there? I sometimes get like 2-3 inches at the knob from bushing slop lol. At least I don't have to worry about my car getting stolen atm
There is a somewhat similar bolt on our 2012 Infiniti G37 RWD that looks like a drain plug. Power steering fluid was leaking out ( car actually uses ATF for the steering gear ). the steering has always been loose feeling since we got the car in august of '23 with 81k on it. I tightened the bolt up now the steering is much tighter, almost too tight. The fluid resovior was low, so I topped it off and the steering got less tight, but still tighter than it was before for sure.
Awesome ty I was thinking I needed to replace the dang thing so I checked on here first to see if it could be adjusted so ty for this video it helped alot !!!
Hi Bryan Miata great job having the same problem with my Maxima 2003 SE. radiator is allmost foling ,same place, same Rust how to qet in touch with u. I'm Pa, READING Thank
I guess I got bored with cars. I've just been posting videos on my mountain bike page youtube.com/@ctsingletrack?si=0oo0Ne8Aro8hVMse lately. Too many hobbies.
keep in mind that this is a temporary fix. If you have steering play like this not caused by a guibo or other shaft joint in your steering system. your power or manual steering rack is clapped and will need to be replaced sooner rather than later. you can get a few more years of normal driving out of it by doing this but it will not feel like new unless you put a new one in.
Great information! I'm an old fart and am used to steering wheel play, haven't owned a rig newer than a 1977 for years, now I have a 99 subaru, steering always had some play, but I didn't think it excessive. Today it went pop and the wheel is now 90° off, thought it was a bad tierod, nope every thing is solid. Got to looking and didn't recognize any of the steering components, never owned a rack and pinion steering before, so here I sit learning , who said you can't teach an old dog new tricks 👍👍
Where are you guys located? I need this repair for my 2003 Maxima in VA. The collision and body shops around my area will not do the repair as described in your video.
Thanks for posting this video. Had a similar issue on a car a long time ago and nobody knew how to fix. There is no info in this out there. Know I know if it ever happens again. Appreciate the info.
Great tip - got rid of two rattle and wind noise after months of wondering the source! One tip: if you have lost the nuts ( I lost two) - they are hard to find as they are not standard size (for those threads). I had replacement nuts but they didn't fit in indent under the latch - quick fix - flip the bolt so it pushes up through latch and then you can use standard nuts for that bolt.
