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[Scottydoggs]

my alignment is the same as it was before the cradle drop, i think you are thinking if you loosen all 4 bolts the alignment could be affected. dropping the back side of the cradle had no affect on my car.

 

[RegalGS98s]

GS98...I'm not sure how..but somehow..I'm sure that's the hard way.

I've only had one pull out when doing work on a car and that was a very loose one that wouldn't hold up a fly. Slid right back in when aligned properly. Sounds like you have a good girlfriend... at the time I didnt.

I think I had the rack down because it was one of the time's I had the transmission side cover off so I needed the subframe down quite a bit. I was living in an apartment complex so I couldn't be out there with a cherry picker lol. So I had to do it with a couple jacks. The times I had the rack off, I had it unbolted from the subframe first. I remember it wasn't only getting the shafts turned in the right way, but they also had to be perfectly straight with each other. Hard to explain. Best I can compare it to is when putting the crank pullley (harmonic balancer) on, you have to line up the keyway first (that was the easy part of the rack). The hard part was making sure the harmonic ballancer went on straight (this is just for comparison, putting the harmonic balancer on this engine is usually pretty easy). And yeah, she's a good help at times, sometimes she can be stubborn.

 

[BillBoost37]

Yes, you have to have the angle correct and the shafts have to align...there's a bunch of angles/alignments and no room to see it, plus there's a set screw in the way.

On the HB ... uh..
I slap it up on the crank, then push and turn until it engages on the keyway and slides on a little further. That way you are 10000000% sure it's correct before torquing.