rackends

[seek]

hey guys

quick question, steering on the car is pretty loose, and there is this slight clicking when you free play the steering wheel when the car is stationary.

when i bought the car, the previous owner said don't drive it on the highway as it gets this vibration in the steering. i took it to 130 or something a few times and haven't found anything wrong with it, so i cant verify their word. but i have the following questions;

if the rack ends are rooted, whats going to happen if i drive with them like that for a month or two?

is there any way to identify a rooted rack end by visual inspection?


thanks, Ryan

[stefan]

um jack front end uo get somone to hold steering hweel in car and see how much the wheel wobbles

i had same problem till i did rackends then steering feels fresh!

[JDMJNKY]

what brand u use slippry??

[seek]

thanks slippry, anybody know what would happen if they went un-fixed (apart from the loose, imprecise steering?)

[Chrisso]

My steering was stuffed when I got it, walked all over the road, every bump was a change of direction. I took it to Pedders for a $14 28 point check, looked at the list of things, laughed at the $2800 total cost for them to fix it, took it home and did it myself. The steering problem was ball joints in the LCAs. I had previously replaced the rack ends and that made a difference too.

Regards,
Chris

[Bustin_86]

Everything will be flogged out man.

Replace everything, all the consumables.

You will be rewarded with great steering feel and a much nicer car to drive!

[stefan]

i used ones from repco they set me back 37.95 each side i wasnt able to move em then i got em out of the packet!

super tight ball joints ftw

[RobertoX]

lol at 37.95

AJPS

27.50 all day err day

[seek]

ajps ftw, sms sent.