Thread: variable steering assist or not, how do I know

turn the wheels all the way to the right, then look in from behind the d/s wheel to the rack, your looking for a wire that leads from the rack boot ( where the column meets the rack) to the top of the trans by the shiftier linkage.

if you see that wire you have magnasteer.

its just the plug to the magnasteer rack, not so much a sensor.

make sure the new rack listed has magnasteer. in the pics the wire is zip tied to the rack, makes it hard to see sometimes.

It's not really a hard job to do, the hardest part for me was removing the lines because it's so tight in there. And you will need a second person to help you when you hook up the intermediate shaft.

hers a vid, the guy is using a lift. but this can be done on your back. your tool list will do.




what i do is take that big jack you have, then lift the whole front of the car via the middle of the front of the sub frame as high as it will go, then put the jack stands under the rockers, or what ever solid metal you have under there left to use. not the sub frame tho, cause you need to lower it.

unbolt the dog bones, then you lower the rear of the frame, take the big jack, set it up to the middle of the rear sub frame and jack it up to the frame, then remove the two rear bolts and lower the frame. you may or may not have to unbolt the sway bar, some cars it blocks the two mount bolts for the rack.



frame dropped rack removed. my sway bar was not in the way, so i left it in.





if you care about your drive way have some cardboard laid down under the car, some fluid will leak when the lines come off and your lines will leak too. we dont always make it to the pan in time lol

Originally Posted by Slick2500

It's not really a hard job to do, the hardest part for me was removing the lines because it's so tight in there. And you will need a second person to help you when you hook up the intermediate shaft.

i got that son of a b1tch back on solo lol


trick there is to make the wheels dead straight, lock the steering wheel dont unlock it till your ready to put the shaft back on the rack. now take the old and new racks side by side, match the nub up on the new rack to the old one.

now when its time for the shaft t go back on pull it down, so it clears the boot, then jack the frame up so the nub meets the shaft and slide it on.

take the key out, the wheels locked.

dog bones, the two upper engine strut mounts. take the 2 bolts off the engine side. taking these off will let the engine drop when the rear of the sub frame is lowered.

no need to vac the lines to fill. swap the lines if you want, then hook em all up, then wheels off the ground still, fill the res on the pump, then car off turn the wheels lock to lock 15 times. stop 1/2 way top off the res if needed. then fire it up and top off more if needed.

if your using the old lines, dump some fluid in the res with the lines over a pan. they will drain and flush the res and lines.

you lucky @&%!*. lol

damn, you make it sound easy with a time line like that.