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Dec 7, 2011 | 01:05 AM

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onehundred80

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Re: What are "Steering Locking Bolts"

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Originally Posted by arejohn

I think the above adjustment is for the worm and sector gear clearance.
Been a long time since I made this one because all my cars for the last 50 hears have been rack and pinion.

I do it without disconnecting anything.

Place the steering wheel straight ahead. Engine off. Slightly rotate the steering wheel feeling the resistance. I then adjust the screw for minumim free play.

To get a feel for this, compare the free play with the wheel straight ahead to the free play with the wheel 90
degrees rotated.

I have 20k miles on my CF and checked this today and feel no adjust is necessary.. 50k miles sound like the right time for for this as regular maintenance but I don't understand how this can be called "steering lock adjustment." German to English translation?

The word lock comes from the term 'lock to lock'.
The steering gear will wear in the straight ahead and a little on either side of that position more than any other position. There will be two items wearing, the tapered pin that is adjusted inward and the worm gear.
You cannot just do the 90-0-90 position or you may find that it locks up solid at 180 or more and you do not need to find that out at the wrong time, hence the need to test it from 'lock to lock' and get the best adjustment that gives the best condition from 'lock to lock'.

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