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No Limit ace installation technician Mike Cowan drilled 1/8-inch-diameter pilot holes before drilling 1/2-inch-diameter mounting holes in the front axle I-beam.
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After the mounting holes had... 
   
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After the mounting holes had been drilled, Mike aligned and bolted the rack-and-pinion mounting bracket to the backside of the I-beam.
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The rack-and-pinion unit was... 
   
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The rack-and-pinion unit was pre-fit to the mounting bracket.
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Rubber damping straps were... 
   
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Rubber damping straps were wrapped around the rack-and-pinion body housing mounting surfaces and secured with a couple wraps of electrical tape.
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An Allen socket and ratchet... 
   
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An Allen socket and ratchet were used to tighten the securing clamps of the mounting bracket around the rack-and-pinion housing.
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The No Limit Engineering rack-and-pinion... 
   
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The No Limit Engineering rack-and-pinion shown secured to the backside of the front straight-axle I-beam.
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A pair of supplied tie-rod... 
   
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A pair of supplied tie-rod end adapters was threaded with the correct external thread pitch for the internal thread pitch of the factory tie-rod end.
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After partially threading... 
   
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After partially threading the threaded adapter into the factory tie-rod end, the pinch clamp was tightened.
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Some red Loctite was used... 
   
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Some red Loctite was used to guarantee the tie-rod ends will not back off.
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The factory tie-rod end was... 
   
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The factory tie-rod end was threaded onto the rack-and-pinion tie rod.
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The factory tie-rod end was... 
   
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The factory tie-rod end was aligned and popped on to the factory spindle ball joint.
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After pre-lubing the ball... 
   
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After pre-lubing the ball joint and tension spring, the screw cap was then secured using a flat-blade screwdriver. Notice the early-model ball joints had no dust caps.

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