Yes, you can do steering and suspension at different times. I would suspect the
bushings in the A-arms, the steering rack might be moving in the mounts, or the
tie rod ends are shot. There's something very loose! Check the spindle fit in
its bushings. The trunnion bushing at the top of the spindle may be loose.
Hope that helps.
Roger Cotting
60 Bugeyes 2
73 Midget
80 TR8
95 Mitsu 3000GT
ryan marro wrote:
> List,
> If I want to redo my steering and suspension, I assume I should do all of
> the steering at one time and all of the suspension at one time. I'm getting
> ready to do the steering. I have the tie rods and tie rod ends. Can I go
> ahead and replace these and do the suspension later? Or do I need to do the
> suspension at the same time (i.e. could the old suspension excessively wear
> the new steering components)? My shocks don't seem to leak, the suspension
> seems ok, I've jacked the car up and pulled at 12 and 6 and at 9 and 3 like
> the Haynes says and don't see any problems. I also checked the steering and
> there is no play in it. Because my Bugeye is an old car and I'm not sure
> what has been done to it before, and because I would like to have some piece
> of mind, I wanted to replace a lot of things. I figure the old parts can be
> kept as spares if they turn out to be ok. My steering doesn't seem to be
> quite right. Deep grooves in the road sometimes give the wheels a mind of
> there own. I remember this being a concern on a motorcycle, but it only has
> two wheels. Shouldn't the Bugeye be free from this problem? Also,
> sometimes over bumps, the wheels act like that wheel on a grocery cart that
> just wobbles wherever it wants to go. The steering wheel stays steady in my
> hands, but the wheels seem to move. I took the car in to a restoration shop
> and asked to have the problem I described checked out. He told me my
> problem was separated belts in the old tires. These tires were OLD and I
> have replaced them. I was going to replace them before I took the car to
> the shop, but the guy told me to wait so that I didn't mess up new tires by
> having something out of whack. Any suggestions? Thanks.
> Ryan
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