[Miata] steering rack bushing replacement Qs

[Keith Tanner]

If by "NB-like" you mean, "with less movement of the rack", yes :)
There's nothing good about a moving steering rack unless you like that
numb Grand Am steering feel.

Keith

On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 9:24 AM, pete.delmastro at charter.net
<pete.delmastro at charter.net> wrote:
> Hi Keith,
>
> I'm sure that Mazda had good reasons to change the steering rack mounting
> when they went from NA to NB.
>
> However, does installing poly bushings on an NA rack make it better or more
> "NB"-like in some good way?
>
>  -- Pete
>
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From: Keith Tanner keith at miata.net
> Date:   Wed, 2 Jul 2008 09:08:29 -0600
> To: miata at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [Miata] steering rack bushing replacement Qs
>
>
> Mazda felt the steering rack mounting on the NA could be improved,
> that's why they changed it for the NB.
>
> On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 8:45 AM,  <pethier at comcast.net> wrote:
>> From: "pete.delmastro at charter.net" <pete.delmastro at charter.net>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I'm considering replacing the OEM steering rack bushings on my car (a '94
>>> w/PS) with aftermarket polyurethane bushings.
>>
>> You find the steering on stock Miatae to be unacceptably imprecise?
>>
>> I wouldn't change mine.  It would kick me out of my autocross class and I
> don't think the car has a problem in the steering area.  If I thought the
> bushings had perished, I'd replace them with new stock ones.  If my car was
> already wildly modified and the bushings had perished, I would consider
> harder bushings as long as I had to do the job anyway, but I wouldn't do
> the change just to do it.
>>
>> My car is also a a '94 w/PS.
>>
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