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JOHN CT · 01-13-2021, 03:44 PM

Can someone teach me about a 2 tooth upper steering race? What are the symptoms if you have a cracked race. Or how to check the race while it’s still in the car? I changed my tires to the new 19 in radials and now it’s hard to steer. I did the alignment twice and checked for any play things look good. With the old bias ply firestone tires it steered fine!!

Jacksonlll · 01-13-2021, 04:02 PM

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Jack the wheels off the ground and spin the steering wheel. It would grind if the race is cracked. I doubt that it is cracked. If it steered good last month, it’s not the upper race.
The upper race is loaded only when the steering wheel is turned to the right.

01-13-2021, 03:44 PM	#1
JOHN CT Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: In my garage Posts: 465	Upper steering race Can someone teach me about a 2 tooth upper steering race? What are the symptoms if you have a cracked race. Or how to check the race while it’s still in the car? I changed my tires to the new 19 in radials and now it’s hard to steer. I did the alignment twice and checked for any play things look good. With the old bias ply firestone tires it steered fine!! __________________ 31 Tudor 66 Bonneville 57 Chevy pickup 27 T roadster pick up

01-13-2021, 04:02 PM	#2
Jacksonlll Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Michigan-- Member of Oakleaf of MARC Posts: 1,686	Re: Upper steering race Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Jack the wheels off the ground and spin the steering wheel. It would grind if the race is cracked. I doubt that it is cracked. If it steered good last month, it’s not the upper race. The upper race is loaded only when the steering wheel is turned to the right.

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