How much play should my steering rack have?

[kevboost7]

Not sure if this is a dumb question, but I had the front of the car on jack stands and was checking the tie rods. I had my hands on the 3 and 9 o'clock position on the tire and wiggled left and right. There is no play on the tie rod, but i noticed there is some play in the steering rack itself. When i moved the tire left and right about a few cm, my dad said the steering wheel also moved with it. 

Not quite sure if i'm doing the test right or if its normal for the steering rack to have this play. 

[GTSBoy]

Only a few mm. Perhaps even less if looking to feel it from the rack itself. As felt from the steering wheel, less than ~10mm of slop at the wheel rim.

[joshuaho96]

On 9/27/2023 at 3:08 PM, kevboost7 said:

Not sure if this is a dumb question, but I had the front of the car on jack stands and was checking the tie rods. I had my hands on the 3 and 9 o'clock position on the tire and wiggled left and right. There is no play on the tie rod, but i noticed there is some play in the steering rack itself. When i moved the tire left and right about a few cm, my dad said the steering wheel also moved with it. 

Not quite sure if i'm doing the test right or if its normal for the steering rack to have this play. 

The specs for this stuff is in the factory service manual. If the source for the play is in the rack itself then you will need to remove it to adjust the preload. Steering play can have many sources. Make sure it is actually the rack before you go through the effort of removing it.