Re: [tech] Steering Is Pooched, Causes?

["Jeff Wheeler" <j_dubbya@mindspring.com>]

This may be a sign that the alignment is "in whack."  If your tie rod ends
have never been replaced, only one of them is adjustable, so aligning can
sometimes result in a steering wheel that's off-center.  However, your
comment suggests that steering effort has increased a great deal, so
assuming your tires are fully inflated, I probably just wasted bandwidth
with my kneejerk hypothesis.



>At 10:12 AM 3/13/99 -0500, Sean Martin wrote:
>>    You know how the wheel is supposed to return to the center
>>position when you release it after turning.  Well mine doesn't do
>>that no more.  WTF?  Before anyone suggests it, no I don't have
>>power steering.  I looked at the rack, and boots, they seem ok, no
>>tears or anything.  It certainly wasn't like this when it went into
>>the shop.  And of course since its Saturday there is no one there to
>>look at it.  Arrrgggg....  They did the brakes, removed the a/c, and
>>changed the motor mounts.  They didn't touch any suspension
>>stuff...or maybe they did who knows.
>>
>>   Anyone have this happen before?  Am I looking at a new steering
>>rack or is it something more mundane, simple and cheap?  The only
>>bright side to this is that the car tracks straight as an arrow, and
>>driving it this way is more fun that working out at the gym.
>>
>>Sean Martin
>>87 8V
>>
>>
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> -David LeDeaux
>'80 Scirocco
>http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Track/9444/
>(Yes, I broke down and got one)
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