[TR] TR250 handling question

[David Porter]

good point!


On 6/27/2016 2:14 PM, Geo Hahn wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto: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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