Hello, Listers. Hoping for your expertise here.
Took the 250 to a local shop for some small body repair and new tires.
Handling of the car has always been superb with wider-than-stock wheels
and low profile tires, but the two of the tires were 15 years old, so a
rubber update was needed. The shop also told me that the car also needed
a new steering rack and tie rod ends. They did this, set alignment and
lubed the front end.
First getting the car back, the car vibrated at 70 on the highway. Shop
says they've fixed that with re-balancing the tires. (I haven't driven
it yet.)
Next, the car feels skittish, jittery at 50-60 mph, and you have to keep
correcting with steering to keep it straight in its lane. You'll be
driving along just fine and then Whoops! there is goes twitching left a
bit. It doesn't feel stuck to the road as before this work was done.
Here's the question: the shop tells us that this is normal after
replacing the steering rack, that "the car is more responsive," in their
words, and has "a more immediate feel to it," but they also reference
this as "twitchy-ness."
What should expectations be upon replacing steering rack and tie-rod ends?
Many thanks,
Pat Fischer
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