Yes, this is all true. I just tightened the pinion nut down until I started to feel resistance. I went a hair tighter, enough to get pressure on the crush sleeve with the nut without crushing the sleeve in much more. It can be done (I mean, I did it like 30k miles ago). But like Jason said, you don't want to crush that sleeve out more.
Lol, just my luck. My rack was leaking on the driver's side. I didn't even know it until we pulled the boot off to change the inner tie rods and it had fluid in it. I wish I had my original rack rebuilt by someone locally (so I could keep the original), but my buddy just grabbed the new rack and that was done. He said they weren't numbered or anything anyway (...kinda doubt that since Ford numbers everything).Originally Posted by JACook
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