Can anyone confirm the steering rack part number for a 2006-2007 coupe with active steering. There a a couple of different rack numbers that i know of:

49001-AM600 - 2003-2004
49001-AM800H - ??
49001-AM805 - 2006 - 2007

One of these is the 15.1:1 ratio rack that came with the active steering models, while all others are the normal 15.9:1 ratios. Does anyone which one is which?

 

did a quick look and came up with 49001-AC80A

https://infinitipartsonline.com/part...&siteid=214952

are you looking for a replacement for your car? if you pm me your vin i can tell you for sure.

 

hey, thanks for confirming I just came across that same part number tonight.

I'm actually looking to swap from the stock 15.9:1 rack to the 15.1:1 quicker steering rack without the rear steering component that comes on the G's with active steering. Looking for better steering response, something along the same lines as what BMW did with the m3 csl, which used a 14.5:1 rack vs the normal m3 15.4:1

 

ah okay i gotcha, similar to what 240sx guys do by swapping in the tighter ratio hicas rack. good luck with it!

 

Side question for you guys, but semi- related and not worth a new thread...

If you were able to track down a used rack (from slidegood.com or ebay or pull a part) is there any available rack rebuild kits that you've run across? I'm leaning towards a new rack as well but don't want to necessarily buy new if I can save a few bucks and rebuild one.

And it may be a stupid question but I have to ask because I don't know any better. I know the racks can be rebuilt on old Jeeps and Toyota SUVs but I haven't seen much info on our cars. Usually it's a pretty forward of new seals / bushings.

 

Hey man, honestly I don't think it's worth the time to rebuild. You can pick up the newer version ones (49001-AM805H) from a late model coupe on ebay for ~$150. Is your rack leaking or has excessive slop ?

 

Oozing more than leaking at the moment, but there's a little bit of slop now that I've gone to larger front tires. I've replaced all the front end bushings recently so my only other option is to look at the rack itself. Didn't realize they were that cheap though lol, good call.

 

there's 2 rebuild kits on rock auto but not sure which racks they are for. they also have remanufactured racks on there (including the tighter ratio active steer one)