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Re: [TR] TR250 handling question

To: Pat Fischer <pfischer@rmi.net>
Subject: Re: [TR] TR250 handling question
From: Phil Ethier <pethier7@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2016 15:06:34 -0500
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Who did the alignment?  The car should get a four-wheel alignment. 

If you are not autocrossing the car, have your alignment tech put in a bit more 
front toe-in. 

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> On Jun 27, 2016, at 1:09 PM, Pat Fischer <pfischer@rmi.net> wrote:
> 
> Hello, Listers. Hoping for your expertise here.
> 
> Took the 250 to a local shop for some small body repair and new tires. 
> Handling of the car has always been superb with wider-than-stock wheels and 
> low profile tires, but the two of the tires were 15 years old, so a rubber 
> update was needed. The shop also told me that the car also needed a new 
> steering rack and tie rod ends. They did this, set alignment and lubed the 
> front end.
> 
> First getting the car back, the car vibrated at 70 on the highway. Shop says 
> they've fixed that with re-balancing the tires. (I haven't driven it yet.)
> 
> Next, the car feels skittish, jittery at 50-60 mph, and you have to keep 
> correcting with steering to keep it straight in its lane. You'll be driving 
> along just fine and then Whoops! there is goes twitching left a bit. It 
> doesn't feel stuck to the road as before this work was done. Here's the 
> question: the shop tells us that this is normal after replacing the steering 
> rack, that "the car is more responsive," in their words, and has "a more 
> immediate feel to it," but they also reference this as "twitchy-ness."
> 
> What should expectations be upon replacing steering rack and tie-rod ends?
> 
> Many thanks,
> 
> Pat Fischer
> 
> 
> 
> 
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