[Shotimes] Steering Problems

[Donald Mallinson]

Ron,

Don't forget that stock/original Taurus (and SHO) tie rod 
ends (outer ones mainly) go bad at alarming rates.  My '91 
had the same type of steering fault yours did, and I thought 
the subframe was loose, or the steering rack was gone etc.

At a closer examination, Performance Plus found that the tie 
rod ends were literally frozen in place requiring a huge 
amount of effort to move them in any direction.  New ends 
made a huge difference.

Don Mallinson

Ron Childs wrote:
> I don't think it is the VAPS because my '91 does that a bit too. 
> Fortunately, it does not get cold very often here. I'm going to make 
> sure my tie rod ends are greased to see if that helps.
> 
> -Ron Childs  '91
> Vista, CA
> 
> 
> 
>> From: "Jim and Debbie Leyden" <jndleyden@mindspring.com>
>> To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
>> Subject: [Shotimes] Steering Problems
>> Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 06:03:40 -0500
>>
>> My '93 MTX w/ VAPS has started to give me steering problems.  About three
>> weeks ago I noticed that when the car is cold, the steering seemed to 
>> require
>> more effort to move the wheel from the center position.  (kinda like
>> "breakaway torque")  I thought that maybe the PS pump was on its way 
>> out and
>> sure enough it was!  A couple days later the PS pump spit its shaft 
>> out and I
>> had Doug Lewis replace it.  Now, in colder weather the steering is 
>> definately
>> harder to move off center until the car warms up.
>> Any guesses?
>> Bad VAPS servo?  Bad Rack?
>>
>> Jim
>> '93 MTX
>> funky steering
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