Hey Guys,
If you've glanced through my reader's ride post, you would see I've basically replaced everything in my front end steering and suspension. Now that the slop is out of the suspension I'm noticing the play in my steering even more. It's basically to the point I don't think I'll drive the car more than around town until I can figure this out.
On my lunch break today I put the front of car up on jacks and shook the tires side to side. (No play in any other direction). There was a good amount of side to side play. Looking under the car it looks like the play is coming from where the driver's side inner tie rod connects to the center link as well as where the pitman arm connects to the center link. It's almost as if the hole in the center link is too large for the studs.
The only thing I didn't replace in the steering so far has been the gear box (I have a new one floating around somewhere) and the center link itself. I didn't replace the center link because I was under the impression that it wasn't a wear item... Idler arm side is solid no play in the arm or the passenger's side tie rods.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
-Erik
If you've glanced through my reader's ride post, you would see I've basically replaced everything in my front end steering and suspension. Now that the slop is out of the suspension I'm noticing the play in my steering even more. It's basically to the point I don't think I'll drive the car more than around town until I can figure this out.
On my lunch break today I put the front of car up on jacks and shook the tires side to side. (No play in any other direction). There was a good amount of side to side play. Looking under the car it looks like the play is coming from where the driver's side inner tie rod connects to the center link as well as where the pitman arm connects to the center link. It's almost as if the hole in the center link is too large for the studs.
The only thing I didn't replace in the steering so far has been the gear box (I have a new one floating around somewhere) and the center link itself. I didn't replace the center link because I was under the impression that it wasn't a wear item... Idler arm side is solid no play in the arm or the passenger's side tie rods.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
-Erik
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