Rack and pinion steering is commonly used in modern vehicles to facilitate steering control. It involves a gear assembly consisting of a rack (a straight bar with teeth) and a pinion gear (a small ...

If you've ever driven an early Ford Mustang, you know that the factory steering system leaves a lot to be desired. Not only are they prone to slop in the gear box, but the factory geometry comes with ...

A daily driver is just that—a vehicle that is driven daily for work, school, or other important transportation. I'm sure many of our readers use Fox, SN95, or New Edge Mustangs as a daily driver. They ...

Rack-and-pinion steering is somewhat different from the steering boxes we looked at in last month's issue. Perhaps the best way to describe it is that it combines the steering box and tie rod, or ...

Steering racks are not the stuff of Mustang passion, at least not until your Mustang goes wandering or you're building a track car that needs the last word in precision. Then you need the expertise of ...

If you've ever driven an older vehicle without power steering or a contemporary car with a power steering malfunction, you probably understand just how important these systems are. They drastically ...

Back when I owned my last E30-generation BMW 3-Series, I remember encountering a pretty scary problem with the car’s steering rack. One of the previous owners had deleted the power steering, meaning ...

A rack and pinion steering system consists of a pinion (a circular gear) with a rack (a linear gear). The system works by converting a revolving motion into linear motion. Most cars, small trucks, and ...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has announced the recall of 176,000 Hondas due to an issue with the car’s power steering rack. The NHTSA said that some 2022 through 2024 Civic ...

Supplied by Ohio-based Hitachi Astemo Americas, the steering rack used in the Civic sedan and Civic hatchback may be incorrectly assembled. A grand total of 176,410 vehicles produced for the US market ...