Help needed on Corrado steering rack

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Eric Mattle - 22 Jun 2008 10:29 GMT

I got my old rack out and the new rack is in, but I can not for the life
of me get the steering column to slide down on to the steering rack.
The splines seem to be lined up correctly, but the darned thing just
sets on top of the rack without popping down. Is there some trick to
getting the joint to pop on to the rack? I've tried from underneath and
from the top trying to jiggle the column enough for it to slide on - to
no avail. I've already bolted the subframe back up - should I have
connected it up while the subframe was dropped?

Car is a 1990 Corrado G60

Any tips or advice would be appreciated - even if it is "just keep on
jiggling" to let me know I am on the right (but tough) track.

Eric
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dave AKA vwdoc1 - 23 Jun 2008 15:51 GMT

Did the steering rod come apart? There are usually 2 parts to the rod and
sometimes when working on the steering column or rack the pieces just pop
out. I believe they are designed to do that in a crash so it is normal.
;-)
Examine the bottom of the steering rod under the dash to make sure that the
2 metal prongs did not pop out of their positioning holes which would not
allow the clamp to fit down on the rack.

let us know!

>I got my old rack out and the new rack is in, but I can not for the life of
>me get the steering column to slide down on to the steering rack. The
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Eric Mattle - 24 Jun 2008 07:36 GMT

Thanks for the reply, however everything looks ok under the dash. It
still is reluctant to drop down on the rack. I'm going to loosen the
rack so I can move it around, but that will have to wait until tomorrow
night.
Still accepting any other ideas.

Eric

> Did the steering rod come apart? There are usually 2 parts to the rod and
> sometimes when working on the steering column or rack the pieces just pop
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>>Eric
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