There is no doubt or argument surrounding the idea that rack and pinion steering was a great advancement when it arrived in the automotive world a few decades ago. Rack and pinion steering provided a huge advantage over older systems, offering improved maneuverability, handling, and road feel. For this reason, you want to take great care of and pride in your Honda CRX Steering Rack.

While most modern vehicles employ power steering (wherein hydraulic fluid is used to assist in the mechanics of the steering system, making the physical effort required by the driver much less that it would be otherwise), the mechanics of a steering rack remain the same. A rack and pinion steering system is based on a set of gears that translate circular motion to linear motion.

The rack is a long, flat bar with gear teeth set along its edge, while the pinion is a circular gear with similar teeth. When the pinion (in your car’s case, the steering wheel) is rotated, its gears engage with those of the rack (attached to the car’s wheels) – which moves side-to-side. Thus, a rack and pinion steering system allows for left-to-right control of the wheels via turning the circular steering wheel. Your Honda CRX Steering Rack encompasses this entire power rack and pinion system. The bad news about steering racks is that because modern power systems encompass so many complicated parts, individual fixes are often impossible or implausible – meaning that a leak of hydraulic fluid can mean you need to replace the entire steering rack as a single unit. The good news, of course, is that we have a full variety of Honda CRX Steering Racks in stock today.So give us a call or shop online to get your car’s steering rack in gear.