I think I found where my steering slop is coming from...

07GtS197 · Dec 14, 2015

http://youtu.be/sxglasslCGo

Has anyone seen this before? Even my old 98 v6 and 00 gt didnt have this and both have more miles than my 02. Plus the po of my 00 gt and I drove the piss out of that car lol.

96blak54 · Dec 14, 2015

Well! Never would have guessed! So whats the fix here? A welder?

g36 monkey · Dec 14, 2015

Solid shaft!

07GtS197 · Dec 14, 2015

Nah, its telescoping so I wont be impaled in the event of a front end collision. For now Im just gonna try and use a pair of vice grips and close it a little bit. Haha if I could afford a solid shaft I would but my jerry rig fix should be good for now hopefully lol.

g36 monkey · Dec 14, 2015

Maximum motorsports is calling you.

07GtS197 · Dec 15, 2015

Man if I had that money at the moment Id get one in a heartbeat. Have you used one before?

g36 monkey · Dec 15, 2015

No, but from what I hear, they make the driving experience sensational

RichV · Dec 15, 2015

Mine was probably 2x worse than yours.

I did a bunch of research, weighed the options between a Terminator shaft, Borgsen, and MM. Pricing-wise the MM was the best deal. All of these are collapsible. It's pricey $280, but man the steering is phenomenal. I also have the poly rack bushings you can feel the road like no other mustang I've ever driven. My buddy with an 04 had to move my car once and even commented on my steering versus his 04.

Oh, and don't do any ghetto vice grip fixes. You don't need the vice grips to shift and lock your steering up or something while you're driving. You can live with the play until you replace it. I did read that a couple of people tack welded their shaft in a couple of spots for this problem. In the event of an accident the 1 or 2 tack welds will break.

07GtS197 · Dec 15, 2015

Ill probably have to bust out the credit card then lol. It was much worse before I swapped to poly steering rack bushings but this also contributes to it. The rag joint has some flex in it but the tires are responding to my steering imput, granted thats with putting a vice grip on the lower shaft and wiggling that way, so my rag joint isnt in that bad shape. So you guys think its a bad idea to close up the gap a little with vice grips?

Edit: And richv, I wont be keeping the vice srips on the steering shaft, I would be pinching the lower shaft in a tad to get rid of the excess space so the lower and upper shafts are better fitted together.