Ed,
Check your steering rack mounts by having someone turn your steering
wheel left and right as you look for steering rack movement. Your rack
bushings may be worn and are allowing the rack to move to the point of
"repositioning" itself when you hit a large bump or hole.
Hope this helps,
Jim Davis
Fortson, GA
'75 TR6 CF38690UO
'75 TR6 CF37325U
On Wed, 24 Sep 1997 11:12:17 -0400 Edward Hutchinson
<seah@zorba.info.sunyit.edu> writes:
>
>
>I've been experiencing a problem with the steering on my TR6. It may
>be
>related to the replacement of the trailing arm - which will be done
>tomorrow
>with a four wheel alignment on Friday. However, I'm wondering if
>there
>might be another problem.
>
>Here's what happens. While driving (of course, its not going to do it
>while
>sitting still) if I hit a fair size bump the car seems to jump to the
>right.
>Have to correct quickly with steering wheel. Steering wheel then seems
>to be
>a bit out of alignment. Have had one upper ball joint, two tie rod
>ends and
>most of the front suspension bushings replaced.
>
>Any thoughts on other causes?
>
>Ed
>
>74 TR6
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>Ed Hutchinson
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