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    E36 LS SWAP, best steering rack.

    I have ran the vorshlag steering shaft for years now, and hate the play in it. Has anyone tried the sikky/new age hot rods steering shaft. My engine is out, and looking for a solution.

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    They play is in the shaft for sure? Flaming river makes all the parts for that shaft. I recall one guy having play in his. Flaming river gave him new parts.

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    Shouldn't be any play in the shaft... it's solid mechanical linkage, any discrepancy will be from physically visible discrepancy. Now the actual steering rack itself could very well be a different matter.
    1998 M3 Sedan - LS3 M12T56 - A bad addiction.

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    If you have an actual Vorshlag shaft, yeah, there should be zero play in it. Now some guys were making similar pieces, and I don't think they were taking the time to make them zero-slop. There are also issues with the actual steering rack. Worn racks can have a lot of play around the center. Luckily, they are cheap and can be replaced pretty easily.
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    the stock shaft worked with my swap, vorshlag mounts and headers.
    Btw isnt there a way to delete the oem rag joint on the oem shaft?

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    I ran the year with the e46 shaft and it hit my Vorshlag headers. Pretty sure my Vorshlag motor mounts have lowered the motor a bit making it it. Has anyone tried anything else? I do not want put the Vorshlag one back, as I have little faith with their stuff(I've ran the car on the track for a few years, and their stuff doesn't wear well). I might try to move the steering column a bit.

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    You need to look over the u-joints themselves. Some of the caps may need pressed in a bit further to take out additional play, then have loctite reapplied to the little button heads that secure them. I had to do this to mine to get it to zero slop out of the box but once I did the joints were rock solid.

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