Sa video na ito, makikita kung paano pansamantalang mag-adjust ng steering rack preload. This video shows how to temporarily adjust the steering rack preload. - tie rods and rack ends are in good condition
Glad I don't need to rent a cat for this job... Excellent video! Many thanks! I believe this is causing a loud CLUMP noise when I turn my wheels to far right... It looks like two metal pieces jumping or clashing... I might be a pinion tooth sliding and jumping over the rack teeth... It would sound EXACTLY like what I am having on my Jeep Grand Cherokee 2006. Thanks a lot!
if anyone cant find the tool he used for adjustment just go to hardware store and get a nut that fit inside then use channel locks on half the exposed nut
That means mechanics on your city trained from vulcanizing shops 😂 you saw that piece of metal he pulled out shaped like a crescent shape metal. That half moon thing thins out overtime thus there would be an allowance. Grease thins out too. This is a maintenance adjustment that evry mechanic should know.. its like tightening the serpentine belt on the engine when it thins out and starts squeeking.. you dont replace the belt right away just adjust the tension in the belt. Duh
I had a serious bad klunk in a new rebuilt R&P. with 500 miles on it. The installer gave up on this noise. Sounded like the wheel was gonna break off on a turn. So I got the front wheels off the ground, turned that nut in about a 2/3 turn and backed off. Most of that klunking was gone now and the steering was nice and tight. But the damage was done from all the klunking done by loose gears skipping from a loose setting. And so had to replace the R&P again. This time I got a Toyota factory rebuilt one. And this time I knew what to do if there was anymore Klunks. Sure enough even with a Toyota factory rebuild R&P there was that klunk. The same shop gave up again. I was like whatever. I got home...jacked up the Truck right away, before the R&P gears got damaged again. Sure enough the setting was way too loose. I turned that nut in 2/3 turn, backed off slightly and waalaaa !! Nice' n Tight... Rack and Pinion and No...more... gear klunks !! Funny and crazy thing was how the shop would laugh about RU-vidr fix it videos that people watch !!! Well this Vid. done what bench shops and shops wouldn't do...set them gears firm and snug. Loose settings is not good at all. They just replace the racks. Thanks again.
Do not do this. If your rack has a dead zone, and you increase preload, you increase the chance of binding up the rack once outside of your “dead zone” You only do this on new racks, that come out of adjustment. You only do this if you have a “constant” tightness or looseness from lock to lock that isn’t variable. Basically, you should never do this. That’s not there for you to take up the slack from wearing your rack down. Thats there because of how a rack and pinion works. RU-vid is the perfect example of “Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should”
Mine has the same play all throughout the rack, at all points. Would it be okay to give tightening it a go? Something to note, it only occurs with weight on the wheels. When in the air, there is no play whatsoever.
