[TR] TR250 handling question

[Roger Elliott]

The steering rack was replaced when the shop heard it clicking as they 
were pushing it into their garage.  My wife went down and verified that 
there was a clicking noise coming from it.  So, it was thought it needed 
to be replaced.  We didn't want something snapping when we were out on a 
drive.

This is a shop we have dealt with a lot in the past and had great 
confidence in.

The owner just retired and sold the shop to a couple of employees that 
had been working there for several years, so we have had experience with 
them as well. Though I think the previous owner did most of the work on 
Pat's car.


On 06/27/2016 03:26 PM, Andrew Uprichard wrote:
> 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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