Certainly your expectation should be that it performs as well or
better than before.
Did they return the old rack and tie-rod ends to you? They should have.
On 6/27/16, 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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