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Once the stock slider was removed, Howard cleaned out the old, hard stock grease by wiping the rack and moving it back and forth. If the old grease is really bad, the rack could be disassembled and repacked with the silicone grease.
Here is the rack, nice and clean and ready to install the new slider.
Next, Howard applies the silicone grease to the SHG slider and the rack.
The metal inserts that the bracket bolts tighten against are pushed into the new slider. The SHG slider is reinstalled and the boot slipped back over it.
The metal inserts in the rack slider are re-indexed with the holes in the rubber boot.
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Hi Team,
This is Kushal from Mauritius and i need your help guys.
Great explanation, i will be doing it on my Honda soon but something is really bothering me.
I have already removed the steering unit from the car and it was removed while the steering was in center position.
My query is that how will i be able to move the slider to the end side to get it out so as i can grab it?
Thanks in advance for your reply.
Regards,
Kushal.
If you already have the unit out of the car all you would have to do is move the dust boot. Take off the band clamp then move the boot enough to go past the slider to do this install.
Hi KorXJ,
Thank you very much for the reply. Will do it soon.
Would it help to install the SHG MotorWorks part before doing the other “bump steer” modifications.
Jeff
Yes, it’s needed even on a totally stock car.
Good morning Mike. This series is so helpful thank you. What’s your opinion on the steering rack raiser kits that raise the tie rods? They are supposed to raise the angle of the tie rods for lowered cars.
I think the rack height adjuster is probably a better solution but it was not available when I did this many years ago. You do have to be careful of tie rod clearance to the body though and the best solution is probably an adjustable riser with the tie rods.
I recently did this work on my 02 EP3 along with tie rods and other work. I had to take the steering column off from the steering rack to take it out the car. The car now unfortunately has an effortless turn to the left but a stiffer turn to the right. The steering also does not center itself when turning left but it will when turning right. Any help or insight as to what could have gone wrong would be a great help.
Update on the EP3, it turns out it was my torque sensor. It’s the little black box around that pinion gear. I took my Rack out through the drivers side wheel well and took that torque sensor off thinking it would help me remove it. BIG MISTAKE as removing it requires the torque sensor to be recalibrated. Honda DOES NOT SERVICE RACKS so asking them to do it would lead you nowhere….Although I’m sure it’s possible if you have a scan tool to read the torque values. So I ended up grabbing a used rack locally and installed the SHG slider with the ford grease and properly removed the old rack and installed the new rack through the top of the engine. It’s tough but it can wiggle out.