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DTT92LX

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Hello Gents,

Well, I hit a pothole the other day. Left front wheel down in a 6inch by 8foot long rut. Steering got real goofy and was pulling all over. Got the car aligned and straightened out the excessive toe-in but now the steering feels not-quite-right.

It's like when I go into a turn say around 30mph as I start to turn the wheel there is some resistance at first then the wheels turn into the turn. Steering through the turn seems normal. Then, when I'm coming out of the turn, the steering wheel comes back up to just before 12:00 position and I get that resistance again. The resistance occurs at the 11:00 and 1:00 position.

When I'm driving straight and steer back and forth between 11:00 and 1:00, I feel like its getting stuck or something.

Any ideas? Thanks in advanced!

Dave
 

DTT92LX

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ttt
 
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sleeper89

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does it almost "click" when you pass the resistance? if so, check your ball joints. other than that, maybe you fudged the steering rack??

-steve
 

DTT92LX

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Doesn't click. What do you mean by "fudged" the rack? it's like i can swing the wheel between 11:00 and 1:00 easily but i have to put some effort in getting it past those points. Then once the wheel is past those points it turns easily again until i'm bringing the wheel back up straight. it's almost like i have 275s tires on the front (i have 225s) and they track straight but its hard to turn 'em. does that make sense?

I've never worked on the steering system so I just need to know what/where to look for..

Thanks!
 
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doesn't sound like ball joints, hmm.

my only other guess is that you "fudged" (damaged) the steering rack. let's send this back ttt for another opinion.

-steve
 
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