Editing Replace the steering rack (section)

==Re-fitting==

If you slacken both the upper and lower steering column intermediate shaft universal joint cotter bolts, you can get sufficient axial play to ease re-assembly of the bottom joint onto the rack spline with the rack already bolted in place.  Once loosened, the upper joint has an amount of axial slack on the intermediate shaft to allow for any installation tolerance

Note:  If, for whatever reason, you remove the bottom joint from the end of the intermediate shaft, take care when reassembling that the orientation of the joint is correct to the shaft.  The cotter bolt clearance is not a complete revolution in the manner of the pinion spline, so orientation is critical to getting the bolt inserted.  Hard to spot when operating by feel down in the footwell! 

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