[TR] TR250 handling question

[Andrew Uprichard]

I am going to be interested in seeing the replies to this posting.  If the
car was handling and driving so well, why would it need a new steering rack?

I would have thought expectations should be the owner says "handling of the
car continues to be superb" - anything less seems like a problem.

Andrew Uprichard
Jackson, MI

-----Original Message-----
From: Triumphs [mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Pat
Fischer
Sent: Monday, June 27, 2016 2:09 PM
To: triumph list list
Subject: [TR] TR250 handling question

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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