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Reply #30 – September 14, 2011, 04:33:57 PM

Got the pan gasket done. Going to put the rack in and am having an issue. There are two of these with the rack

Nothing else and they do not fit over these on the car

Where the rack goes??? Am I missing something?

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Reply #31 – September 14, 2011, 04:40:51 PM

Those bushings are for a different setup. Do you still have the old rack bushings? They are two pieces per side.

If not, they should be available at parts stores...
http://www.autozone.com/autozone/parts/1988-Ford-Thunderbird/Rack-Pinion-Bushing/_/N-ihyglZ8oy4i

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Reply #32 – September 14, 2011, 04:51:04 PM

I was expecting something more like these

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Reply #33 – September 14, 2011, 04:52:47 PM

Quote from: The Shredder;367659

Those bushings are for a different setup. Do you still have the old rack bushings? They are two pieces per side.

If not, they should be available at parts stores...
http://www.autozone.com/autozone/parts/1988-Ford-Thunderbird/Rack-Pinion-Bushing/_/N-ihyglZ8oy4i

That's what I was thinking I do have the old ones but they are no good. I'll have to grab a set anyone's better than the other??

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Reply #34 – September 15, 2011, 11:04:03 AM

You can go with 3 stages on those bushings... original rubber type, polyurethane (like the Energy Suspension ones you show above), or solid bushings (typlically aluminum). For track use, the solid bushings would be good, but for a cruiser, the original rubber ones are fine. And the poly ones are the best of both worlds.

So it depends on your goals for the car...

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Reply #35 – September 15, 2011, 11:37:53 AM

When my '87 LSC become a donor car for my '89 Mustang GT convertible, one thing I also swapped in was the rack and pinion. One part I had to add in was the steering rack shims under the boots.

To those who order a 15:1 Mustang rack:

AND since everyone here complains about the turning radius, the shims should be removed when it gets installed into a Mark VII, Thunderbird, or Cougar.

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Reply #36 – September 27, 2011, 09:27:33 PM

Ok well she's on all four again. Pan gasket done.. Rack and pinion done.. New outer tie rods in.. New pressure line on.. New to me TC sway bar with new end links in.. Started her up and she's not leaking anymore well not from where it was last time anyway.. The leaks now are minor I didn't replace the return line to the PS so that's easy and also seems to be an oil drip from the oil filter?? Hopefully I didn't tighten the filter enough... Only thing left to do now is change the struts out, I figured change the strut mounts while I was at it and they had to be ordered. Change the tranny crossmember to the double hump so I can get the exhaust done finally. One snag I did hit though is I can't seem to get the bolt back in where the steering shaft meets up to the rack ¿ Cant figure out why.. So all in all not too bad with just a small few things left to do.

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Reply #37 – September 28, 2011, 06:38:52 AM

Woo-hoo!

Getting closer. Glad to see you getting her knocked out. I'm not sure what's up with your steering bolt.

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Reply #38 – November 04, 2011, 07:47:07 AM

Finally got it all done... Feels great.. Glad I changed everything while I was under there..