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- From: dingbat@cix.compulink.co.uk (Codesmiths)
- Subject: Re: Problems with a Mazda MX6
- Cc: dingbat@cix.compulink.co.uk
- Reply-To: dingbat@cix.compulink.co.uk
- Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 22:29:02 +0000
- Message-ID: <memo.542143@cix.compulink.co.uk>
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- In-Reply-To: stanford@verbis.waisman.wisc.edu
-
- > A friend's 1988 Mazda MX6-GT (58,000 miles) recnetly developed a
- > highway speed shimmy. When he took it to the dealer he was told that it
- > needed a new CV joint (sorry, don't know which side) and a new steering
- > rack. Total cost, with labor, will be $1530.45 ($388.30 for CV joint and
- > $1142.15 for steering rack).
-
-
- Yet again, I'm staggered by the prices you guys in the US are charged
- for simple repair work.
-
- 60K ? I'm not surprised that either a CV joint or the steering rack
- has problems. What I would *demand* to know from the dealer is
- exactly what the fault on the rack is, why the price is so high, and
- what the options for a reconditioned rack are.
-
- Broadly speaking, there are 3 things that are likely to go wrong on a
- steering rack; the end bearings failing, the pinion being out of
- adjustment, and the rack bushes (that the rack slides in) being worn.
- All of these are easily reconditioned, with a few pounds worth of
- parts and some time. Destroying the rack needs severe accident
- damage, or long term wear of the gear teeth, beyond the limits of
- adjustment. After a mere 60K, this would have needed the rack to have
- been lubricated with grinding paste ! This is *possible*, if a rack
- gaiter has been split for a long time.
-
- Over a thousand dollars for a steering rack is insane. What were
- the quotes from other garages ? (You *did* get other quotes, didn't
- you ?) I also hope you had tyres balanced & shock absorbers checked,
- as soon as you noticed the shimmy.
-
- Andy Dingley dingbat@cix.compulink.co.uk
-