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hey guys

should have done this ages ago and have been really slack but here goes

had my 32 gtst for a while now

the suspension was real low so when it was up on the hoist i raised it up a fair bit and also replaced the rack boots on both sides as they were both split

we also removed the crap that had built up with some inox and a rag and wiped them down, chucked the boots on and then raised the suspension after and put some slotted rotors on too. we measuered the amount of thread we had on both sides and reset it back to that after.

i have yet to had an alignment, yes i know im slack, but the car gets driven once or twice a week at most and have been really busy with uni (i live on campus so dont need to drive)

so what happens now is the wheel is even more off centre (i put that down to removing the rack ends and replaceing them) but there is also a fair bit of play in the steering (maybe 10 or 20 degrees) but only while moving and its less noticable at carpark speeds. And its better when the car is cold

Could it be the alingment? or lack of grease? worn rack? or what?

i've held the wheels and had someone turn the steering wheel to look for something loose but cant see anything, i havent crawed under the car yet as its been raining, but will do asap.

Please help

Thanks

Tom

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get a wheel alignment done first..... and pay the extra for a full camber/caster and toe adjustment......dont pay 40$ for a toe and go alignment coz it wont help anything....

did u count the exact amount of turns u undid the rack ends? and put them bak on the exact number of turns also??

anyway answer is wheel alignment

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not really and we were in a bit of a hurry and it goes against everything i say to ppl but i just wanted to get it done

just want to check that i haven't screwed the rack cos there was no play in it before and i found it strange that adjusting the height could affect this

pipster11 Grand Master

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cool

thats what i want to hear

p/s belt snapped today (thank got the water pump is on a different belt)

was on the highway so i didn't really notice (didn't hear anything which was strange)

so will get that fixed up asap too

just a question about driving without p/s, should it be really hard to turn while moving?

and could i have damaged anything without having the p/s running? (prob did about 30kms of driving with it snapped)

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