rack and pinion
 

My power steering rack is leaking and the inner tie rod is worn. I went to O'Rielly auto parts to order one but they have all different options. One was ford gear, TRW gear, perf. suspension, one piece bushing, two piece bushing. How am I supposed to figure out which to order.

look at yours and clean it off. it'll be labled trw or ford number if IRC??, take it off and clean it down:)

what about the suspension?does a gt automatically have performance suspension?im about to replace my rack too.also the bushing,is it in reference to the bushing that goes to the rack pins?maybe im better off removing my rack and bring it in so i can get the right stuff the first time.im thinking about napa though.

I spent all last night removing mine as well. I left the tie-rod ends on, and I'm going to measure the distance, and count the turns when I take them off. Tomorrow I'm going to Napa.... They provide you a choice of TRW or FORD racks. I figured what MJR said would work best. THEN, I have a choice of a rack WITH or WITHOUT PERFORMANCE SUSPENSION. I guess because my car is lowered etc... I should probably get one for performance suspension?

i ordered a Flaming river rack thats manual, Power Crap FTL

I found out that what brand you choose does not matter. I went with Ford though. I also discovered that this, with performance suspensions and without - thing, is an aftermarket thing or its for a different model year. Ford never offered a different rack, so go with the one thats for cars without performance suspension - YOU"LL BE GUARANTEED A GOOD FIT.

What you want is a rack with 2.25 turns lock to lock, 15:1 ratio. You do not want the "standard" rack, 3 turns lock to lock, 20:1 ratio, although it'll bolt right up.

The important thing is before you install that rack, turn its input shaft so the rack goes all the way against the stops in one direction, then count how many turns of the input shaft it takes to go all the way back the other way. If it's 2.25 or 2.5 lock to lock, you're good; you got a 15:1 ratio sport rack. If it takes 3 turns, take the rack back, you got a 20:1 unit for a 4-cylinder.