New Ball Joints
Discussion
Hey all,
I posted aq thread a while ago about the stiff steering I have been getting in my S2 111S http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Basically I wanted to replace the ball joints to eliminate them before I get another steering rack.
Well I replaced all the joints on Saturday and What a difference! The car feels much better, almost all of the stiffness have dissapeared and the car no longer feels vague and heavy. It's made much more of a difference that I thought. I'm well chuffed with the couple of hours work!
I wanna get myself a new Rack now though. There is just the slightest hint of notchyness in the recon rack that the dealer put in and I can't be bothered to keep taking it back there because of all the hassle and problems I've had in the past so I'm gonna get myself a new Titan rack and put it on myself.
Can't decide whether to go for the quickrack or not though? hmm decisions...
Anyway, details of the ball joint operation (with pics) and other stuff on my new webshite www.supermachine.co.uk
Check it out, I'll be putting more elise stuff on there including the steering rack job when I get round to it.
Cheers
A
I posted aq thread a while ago about the stiff steering I have been getting in my S2 111S http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Basically I wanted to replace the ball joints to eliminate them before I get another steering rack.
Well I replaced all the joints on Saturday and What a difference! The car feels much better, almost all of the stiffness have dissapeared and the car no longer feels vague and heavy. It's made much more of a difference that I thought. I'm well chuffed with the couple of hours work!
I wanna get myself a new Rack now though. There is just the slightest hint of notchyness in the recon rack that the dealer put in and I can't be bothered to keep taking it back there because of all the hassle and problems I've had in the past so I'm gonna get myself a new Titan rack and put it on myself.
Can't decide whether to go for the quickrack or not though? hmm decisions...
Anyway, details of the ball joint operation (with pics) and other stuff on my new webshite www.supermachine.co.uk
Check it out, I'll be putting more elise stuff on there including the steering rack job when I get round to it.
Cheers
A
My rack is at Titan at the moment getting a refurb, new gators, and a new pinion with one extra tooth (8 instead of 7)
A re-furbed quickrack for £116 all in. Not bad ?
Not sure if they can do it for all racks, might be worth dropping them an email. Seems mad spending £500 on a brand new one when yours might just need fettling properly.
Good job with the ball joints by the way, like the site !
A re-furbed quickrack for £116 all in. Not bad ?
Not sure if they can do it for all racks, might be worth dropping them an email. Seems mad spending £500 on a brand new one when yours might just need fettling properly.
Good job with the ball joints by the way, like the site !
AIG said:
My rack is at Titan at the moment getting a refurb, new gators, and a new pinion with one extra tooth (8 instead of 7)
A re-furbed quickrack for £116 all in. Not bad ?
Not sure if they can do it for all racks, might be worth dropping them an email. Seems mad spending £500 on a brand new one when yours might just need fettling properly.
Good job with the ball joints by the way, like the site !
Cheers mate!A re-furbed quickrack for £116 all in. Not bad ?
Not sure if they can do it for all racks, might be worth dropping them an email. Seems mad spending £500 on a brand new one when yours might just need fettling properly.
Good job with the ball joints by the way, like the site !
Actually Having changed the ball joints and it making such a difference, I think I may wait a while before changing the rack anyway. A new Titan rack only works out at £220+vat so it's not too bad.
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