[TR] TR250 handling question

[Geo Hahn]

Did the shop use a stock rack or possibly a 'quick ratio' rack?

http://www.mossmotors.com/Shop/ViewProducts.aspx?PlateIndexID=63907&SortOrder=10

Geo

On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 11:09 AM, Pat Fischer <pfischer at 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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