I am about to do my inner and outer tie rods and I see the following step:
"Insert a 0.25 mm gauge (1) between the rack (2) and the inner tie rod housing (3) in order to check both stakes. The feeler gauge (1) must not pass between the rack and the housing stake. "
Can someone tell me what is meant by checking stakes?
At least I was able to rule out definition 5 :-)
stake
1 /steɪk/Show Spelled [steyk]
–noun 1. a stick or post pointed at one end for driving into the ground as a boundary mark, part of a fence, support for a plant, etc.
2. a post to which a person is bound for execution, usually by burning.
3. the stake, the punishment of death by burning: Joan of Arc was sentenced to the stake.
4. one of a number of vertical posts fitting into sockets or staples on the edge of the platform of a truck or other vehicle, as to retain the load.
5. Mormon Church . a division of ecclesiastical territory, consisting of a number of wards presided over by a president and two counselors.
6. sett ( def. 2 ) .
–verb (used with object) 7. to mark with or as if with stakes (often fol. by off or out ): We staked out the boundaries of the garden.
8. to possess, claim, or reserve a share of (land, profit, glory, etc.) as if by marking or bounding with stakes (usually fol. by out or off ): I'm staking out ten percent of the profit for myself.
9. to separate or close off by a barrier of stakes.
10. to support with a stake or stakes, as a plant: to stake tomato vines.
11. to tether or secure to a stake, as an animal: They staked the goat in the back yard.
12. to fasten with a stake or stakes.
—Verb phrase 13. stake out, a. to keep (a suspect) under police surveillance.
b. to appoint (a police officer) to maintain constant watch over a suspect or place.
—Idiom 14. pull up stakes, Informal . to leave one's job, place of residence, etc.; move: They pulled up stakes and went to California.
