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[h=3]Steering rack information.[/h]Date: Fri, 28 Feb 92 19:11:20 EST
From: mm@lectroid.sw.stratus.com (Michael Mahler)
To: volvo-net@me.rochester.edu
Subject: Sttering Rack FYI's...

Here's some new knowledge I was forced to learn recently:
On early 240 racks (before '83?) you can adjust the rack pre-load byt adding or removing shims under the cover that holds the spring into the pressure "shoe", or whatever you want to call it.
You may have already known that...
You probably also know that there's no shims on the newer racks. However, what many people don't know is that on the newer racks (mine's an '84 240 and the New Car Features Manual says that in '84 the 240's started to use the same rack as 740's) there is a teflon insert that fits in the bottom of the "shoe" (you have to pull it all the way out to see it) simply by pulling out the old one and inserting a new one. 170k miles on the old one wore it down so it almost didn't matter that it was there or not thickness wise. This has the same effect as REMOVING shims on the older racks and is opposite what you'd probably want to do.