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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FivepointSlow" data-source="post: 1451580" data-attributes="member: 18995">After running around to 3 Napa stores who all said they had the teflon seal rings in stock over the phone, the 3rd one did, got back to the garage, dropped the rack, cleaned the threads, threw the new rings on, which was easier after watching a video on how to get them over the threads without a tool and without damaging them, tested everything before putting the rack back up (I'm learning to not make more work for myself) everything seemed fine with the rack on the floor and pushing the tie rods manually.Put the rack back up, spent entirely too long lining the steering shaft up and getting that to slide into place, everything tightened down, test it again without the tierods connected to the hubs, everything's great!Go to connect the tierods and I guess the repeated on and off coupled with someone cross threading them at some point and one of the said bye bye.So now I have a driveable car with no steering.Let me go order a new bumpsteer kit and wait on that in misery...Oh and while testing I was going lock to lock and when I went all the way left it felt like it was hanging up on something and I guess I turned it a little too hard and I heard a tiny snap, and then my airbag light went on... and now my horn doesn't work... fuck.Clock spring maybe? I pulled the bag off and everything looks visually fine... its flashing airbag code 32 which I haven't googled yet.Oh joy.</blockquote>