Howdy All!

I'm trying to get my car straightened out for some auto cross. It seems that the new car (and the old rack) has quite a bit of slop in it. By chance, is it possible to tighten up the big nut with the rack in the car? Or do I need to drop the rack?

Just wondering what your experience may be? Please let me know. Only a couple more days till the big run.

Speed

 

The big nut is a lock nut. You loosen it and tighten the screw in the middle of it. Your problem is more likely the inner and outer tie rod ends. I bought some outers on eBay and they work great. If the inners are bad it will be cheaper to replace the rack with one from the junk yard. I got one out of a "77 with boots still in good shape. I had to grind the notch in the steering shaft linkage to fit the early one ('70). Othe than that it all bolted right up.