steering rack

I am experiencing a weird play in my steering rack. While driving there is no vibrations, like I experienced in the old rack that came with the car. While in a corner the steering will shift when steering under load. It can be anticipated. The shift is not a clunk or vibration but a smooth...

I have an 86 X1/9 that I backdated to 74 bumpers, etc. At the time I cut one coil off of the front springs to get the ride height back down. I don't drive the car a lot (other cars in the stable and it's hot out here in Texas!) and lately because of a bad steering rack which has now been...

What is the typical failure mode for these plastic bushings? I have the rack on the work bench and the boot removed. I don't see any pieces of the bushing but I do see what might be the bushing pushed further into the housing tube. Do the locating tabs break and the bushing just gets pushed...

The shop manual says use 90 EP or lithium/moly grease.....I just finished replacing the right side bushing on my '85 and the left side boot & the gear housing were pretty nasty from probably years of seeping. My gut feeling is grease is a better bet viscosity-wise for staying place & doing it's...

The rack housing and rack gear cleaned up and painted. There is a needle bearing at the bottom of the pinion gear housing. The four semi-circles are where the pinion cover was staked to prevent it from coming un-done. The rack was clamped in the mill and each of the staked areas were cut away...