The other problem that I had was the steering shaft was very close to the body where it passes through the firewall. The intermediate shaft would rub the body plate and rattle really bad. It felt like something was loose in the front end. If you look under the hood, you can see where the intermediate shaft passes through the body plate and fire wall. If you're getting a rattle like feeling in your steering, this is the culprit. You can actually see on mine where it was grooving the steering shaft.
Back to work, I pulled back the soft rubber boot at the floor, released the spring clamp and loosened the bolts of the body plate. The soft rubber boot sits directly below the hard plastic boot you just cut. It's velcroed to the floor.
You have to pull all this stuff ^^ back and out of the way to file the body plate down. Remove the gold bolts, loosen that gold clamp and fight your way in there.
(See FSM pics)
Then I used a Dremel tool with a side-cut bit and made the hole wider for the steering shaft to pass through. Now, the steering should be back to normal after the spacer and the rattle is gone from the wheel/floorboard. Done..... I only wish this job was as quick and easy as typing it up!
Under the hood.....but the work has to be done from under the steering wheel behind the pedals.
FSM pics....
The red arrow points to the shaft that passes through the body and hole cover. The hole cover is metal and that's what needs to be ground out and widened.
The red circle around the LOWER COVER on the other page shows the boot that needs to be cut to access the nuts/bolts to install the spacers.
Back to work, I pulled back the soft rubber boot at the floor, released the spring clamp and loosened the bolts of the body plate. The soft rubber boot sits directly below the hard plastic boot you just cut. It's velcroed to the floor.
You have to pull all this stuff ^^ back and out of the way to file the body plate down. Remove the gold bolts, loosen that gold clamp and fight your way in there.
(See FSM pics)
Then I used a Dremel tool with a side-cut bit and made the hole wider for the steering shaft to pass through. Now, the steering should be back to normal after the spacer and the rattle is gone from the wheel/floorboard. Done..... I only wish this job was as quick and easy as typing it up!
Under the hood.....but the work has to be done from under the steering wheel behind the pedals.
FSM pics....
The red arrow points to the shaft that passes through the body and hole cover. The hole cover is metal and that's what needs to be ground out and widened.
The red circle around the LOWER COVER on the other page shows the boot that needs to be cut to access the nuts/bolts to install the spacers.
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