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<DIV><FONT size=2>If there is slop in the steering you should be able to feel
that as free play in the wheel before the wheels start to turn. If there
is no free play then any vibration in the steering wheel has to come from other
sources such as wheel balance, possibly king-pin wear. Speed-related wheel
wobble is wheel imbalance, rough surface noise and vibration at a wide range of
speeds is play somewhere. I take it you mean replacement of track-rod ends
rather than the track (or tie) rods themselves. Not unreasonable, but play
in those is easy enough to determine, and with the quality of replacement parts
these days I only replace something when I need to, replacements just don't last
as long as the originals.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>I only get 1 1/2 to 2 bounces on my MGBs, I don't know if
MGAs were softer. Even 3 has got to be less that typical American cars of
the era, from what I've read. Harder isn't necessarily
better.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>PaulH.</FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">No, not so much the steering
wheel, but I can feel the movement through the steering wheel: it kind of
stutters, kind of like something has a gap or some rubber has broken down and
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