Hi Pat,
That doesnâ??t sound normal to me. I suspect the toe isnâ??t set correctly.
Having toe-out will behave that way (or not enough toe-in).
-Darrell
> On Jun 27, 2016, at 11:09 AM, Pat Fischer <pfischer@rmi.net> wrote:
>
> 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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