New Saab Owner

[Vigken]

Just bought my first Saab, 2000 9-3 Viggen. Fallen in love, love the power. Decided to get the steering rack clamp & brace from partsforsaabs, just arived today. In the meantime I've been reading up in the forums and I have noticed alot of talk of fire wall cracks, never heard about this before. Is this a common problem and is it more likely to occur with the new clamp & brace? Is there anybody from Ireland out there that experienced this?

Also got no instructions with clamp & brace. Should be there be a rubber bush, even a strip of rubber where the clamp holds the rack? Is there any recommended torque to tighten the nuts to?

Some help would be greatly appreciated.

[eckyboy]

Welcome Vigken, heres a good link for the NG900 which is nearly the same as yours.

http://photo.platonoff.com/Auto/2005...amp_and_Brace/

There's a sticky at the top of the forum about cracks but I think it will not apply to yours.

[Vigken]

Thanks for that. I'm gonna try and put it on this weekend, if it stops raining. It seems straight forward enough (famous last words).