Hello group. First post. I'm in the middle of a series of replacements on my LX. Started with the starter and as I'm sure you all experience, bloomed into a longer list of "while I'm at it's". My steering has been terrible since I bought it. Grinding and stiff. While working on the starter and timing belt I noticed the steering reservoir nearly empty and the return line loose. The clamp was there but not securing the hose. I'm electing to replace the reservoir, pump, all lines and the rack. The car has 180k miles and most of the equipment original. I have two questions I guess, the first is the steering wheel won't lock at center. You need to rotate the wheel 90 degrees to the left or right before it locks in. Is this normal? I have not disconnected the old rack yet but have the motor lifted up maybe 3/4" per a vid from Timmy. That is actually my second question - how much of a gap should I have at the driver/passenger motor plates to provide enough space to roll out/in the racks? My radiator shroud is out so not sure what would happen if I kept jacking up the motor? If I do need to lock the wheel, I was thinking I should lock it turned to the right to lengthen the passenger side tie rod. That seems to work out when removing the rack. Thoughts?
