Which Steering Rack?

[cameron]

How can i tell which steering rack i have, SMI or TRW :confused:

I need an inner Track rod end, it was an advisory at MOT time ( slight play ) and its been bugging me for a while now :grumpy:

I dont like things not being right especially having 4 kiddies in the car a lot of the time.

Cheers

[cameron]

Anybody :confused:

[callyuk]

pass i dont know but i have the same problem didnt realise untill your post though that inner track rod ends could be changed

[t5 pete]

Hi lee ive done myne but i cannot needing a certain one if there is two different rod ends i must have just been luck when i got myne best thing to do is get a price form rufe with your reg and then he will be able to let you know which one you need.
pete

[cameron]

Tried that pete, he was the one that asked me which rack i had :doh:

[Rufe]

the only way we can tell is from the chassis code, which is found on the vin plate on the inside of the passenger side front wing. as shown here:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v17/rufe_v6/VINFO1.jpg

The 8th digit of the chassis code will be either a '4' or a '5'

4 = SMI
5 = TRW


However some cars only have 7 digits in the chassis code, in these cases we cant tell which rack is on the car. If a car in our workshop needs any of these parts we have to order both options in and return the one we dont end up using.

Simon

[cameron]

Cheers Simon :D