Trying to fix a '80 Chevette w/o power steering. It has rack and pinion steering and steers ungodly hard, it takes two hands to on the wheel to drive it, even with the front wheels off the ground. The front end is seems to be lubed well, my thoughts are the problem is in the rack and pinion. I have felt through the boots on the tie rods connecting to the rack and they feel greasy inside. I backed off the steering adjustment on the rack and pinion about a full turn but that didn't seem to make a difference. My question is if I just screwed that adjustment cap/plug out too far would it be almost impossible to screw it back in because of the spring inside. I don't know how strong that spring is. I should add that I disconnected the steering column to isolate the problem.
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20 years ago