I replaced the steering guibo this weekend because I though that the play in my steering was due to that being failed. The old one I pulled out appeared to be in ok shape and after I put the new one in, the steering play was reduced but it was still there. Also, now if I put the steering wheel...

Hey guys, I've come a long ways, on trying to find out exactly what the problem was with my steering. After long hours of banging my head trying to figure out what it was, i took my car to a local mechanic (who specializes in BMW). He found that the pinion shaft was totally lose on the rack...

Brief Intro...: I bought this 2002 325xi Sedan roughly about 6 months ago with 175k km (110k miles), I had never owned a BMW before, so I was overwhelmed right from the start. It took me a couple of months to realize there were some mechanical problems with the car, particularly involving it's...