Steering rack? What end?

[Aterro]

Hi

Basically
How do you tell what steering rack you have?

I know there's a flat one and rounded?

But what bit am I meant to be looking at to see the difference?

It's a 1987 d reg

Cheers

[Trevhib]

https://www.rtoc.org/boards/showthread.php?t=37120
https://www.rtoc.org/boards/showthread.php?t=4014
https://www.rtoc.org/boards/showthread.php?t=4731

[Aterro]

I have the uj with rubber?

But I carnt work out the worded the above threads use?
Example

"They had either a round splined or maybe square spiggot whereas this has a flat sided smooth round one."

What^? Lol

[Trevhib]

Didn't you see this picture from the third link?



It has a tag line that states: "The later 5GTT bottom joint with no rubber lining."

That is the place you are supposed to look to see and compare with what you have.

[Trevhib]

That picture appears to be number '1' in the picture posted in the other link:

[Aterro]

So the above one is flat square??

[R5MJH]

So the above one is flat square??

if u have a uj that links to rack its normally spline not square matey

[Trevhib]

So the above one is flat square??

Well it doesn't appear to be splined.

Maybe you could take a similar picture as the one above and post it up so a comparison can be made.