[Shotimes] Steering Problems

[Ron Childs]

The original Ford ones were real junk. The originals were replaced shortly 
after I bought the car by the dealer (under warranty) with more crappy stock 
outers and inners.

I replaced those a couple of years ago with some greasable Dana outer ends 
that do not have the rubber socket that the Ford ones do. They still should 
be good since I don't get the clunking that I had from the Ford ones. I'm 
just not sure that I have greased them since replacing them.

Then again, my rack could be going bad.

-Ron Childs   '91


>From: Donald Mallinson <dmall@mwonline.net>
>Reply-To: dmall@mwonline.net
>To: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
>CC: jndleyden@mindspring.com, shotimes@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Steering Problems
>Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2003 14:15:36 -0600
>
>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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