Guy,
Thanks for the reply; I appreciate that you took some time and gave
it some thought.
The locknut was more-or-less frozen on the tie rod, so I don't think
I upset the alignment.
The swivel joint is relatively new.
The two bolts of the steering arm are tight.
All of these are good suggestions, but might not the symptoms also
suggest wear at the inner ball joint, the one in at the rack?
Thanks again and I hope you're enjoying Spring,
Jeff
At 3:51 PM +0100 5/13/02, Guy Weller wrote:
>Jeff,
>Jeff,
>
>If you have moved the locknut (cinch nut) on the tie rod, you will
>have upset the toe-in setting / wheel alignment and it will definately
>need re-alignment.
>
>The most likely faults are not to do witth the tie rod itself, but are
>either
>1) The swivel joint that fits to the outer end of it (the track-rod
>or tie-rod end). These joints wear, and yet are cheap and easy to
>replace.
>or:
>2) The two bolts that fasten the actual steering arm to the back of
>the hub carrier have loosened off. A very small amount of movement
>here can cause the symptoms you describe and under the road dirt etc
>it can be difficult to spot.
>
>Guy
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Jeffrey H. Boatright, PhD
Assistant Professor, Emory Eye Center, Atlanta, GA, USA
Senior Editor, Molecular Vision, http://www.molvis.org/molvis
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