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> This could have been ugly ..., Broken steering rack
SirAndy
post Mar 11 2013, 10:43 PM
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McMark found the reason why my car would sometimes suddenly change direction without any steering input.

That is one broken steering rack if i ever saw one.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccihNmlBVoc



I'm just glad it didn't completely fall apart while i was driving.
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SirAndy   This could have been ugly ...   Mar 11 2013, 10:43 PM
914itis   Thanks for sharing.   Mar 11 2013, 10:50 PM
kg6dxn   Yay McMark! :trophy:   Mar 11 2013, 10:59 PM
mrbubblehead   holy crap. was that hidden under the the plastic a...   Mar 11 2013, 11:35 PM
McMark   Everything is hidden by the plastic bellows, but t...   Mar 11 2013, 11:47 PM
mrbubblehead   Everything is hidden by the plastic bellows, but ...   Mar 11 2013, 11:53 PM
McMark   Didn't disassemble it. Probably won't, b...   Mar 12 2013, 12:00 AM
SirAndy   Didn't disassemble it. Probably won't, bu...   Mar 12 2013, 12:09 PM
Katmanken   Didn't disassemble it. Probably won't, b...   Mar 12 2013, 12:30 PM
mrbubblehead   Didn't disassemble it. Probably won't, b...   Mar 12 2013, 12:38 PM
mrbubblehead   :popcorn:   Mar 12 2013, 12:02 AM
euro911   Good wake up call :( :popcorn:   Mar 12 2013, 03:02 AM
billh1963   I wonder what the actual failure rate for these ar...   Mar 12 2013, 05:03 AM
Chris H.   Holy crap! This is the rack that came with th...   Mar 12 2013, 05:16 AM
JawjaPorsche   I had an almost ugly experience last year too. My...   Mar 12 2013, 05:24 AM
Luke M   I replaced my steering coupler with one of the tan...   Mar 12 2013, 07:13 AM
Sneezy   It doesn't help with bump steer, it's size...   Mar 12 2013, 07:36 AM
02loftsmoor   I need to add this of things to check, Wow   Mar 12 2013, 07:41 AM
ChrisNPDrider   Andy's car is a monster. Big 3.6-6 engine and ...   Mar 12 2013, 09:39 AM
OU8AVW   My rack is out, looks like I will be pulling it ap...   Mar 12 2013, 10:06 AM
balljoint   You break that at speed and it would be like ridin...   Mar 12 2013, 10:09 AM
worn   You break that at speed and it would be like ridi...   Mar 12 2013, 10:32 AM
Woody   You break that at speed and it would be like ridi...   Mar 12 2013, 07:14 PM
Elliot Cannon   You break that at speed and it would be like rid...   Mar 12 2013, 07:29 PM
Eric_Shea   JB Weld (like a "real" 914 man)   Mar 12 2013, 10:12 AM
Randal   McMark found the reason why my car would sometime...   Mar 12 2013, 11:03 AM
euro911   Never had a steering coupler go, but I agree about...   Mar 12 2013, 01:17 PM
gms   I have a bunch of extras racks if you need one   Mar 12 2013, 07:36 PM
McMark   Thanks Glenn! New one is already in with soli...   Mar 12 2013, 07:55 PM
worn   Thanks Glenn! New one is already in with sol...   Mar 13 2013, 10:07 AM
JawjaPorsche   [quote name='McMark' post='1833777' date='Mar 12 ...   Mar 13 2013, 11:45 AM
McMark   The only replacement is to use VW couplers stacked...   Mar 13 2013, 11:05 AM
nsyr   Been there before. Had the bearings go out on my r...   Mar 13 2013, 03:07 PM


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