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- From: sharen@iscnvx.lmsc.lockheed.com (Sharen A. Rund)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: Advice on some repairs
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.210034.14016@iscnvx.lmsc.lockheed.com>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 21:00:34 GMT
- References: <1993Jan27.180016.6350@cc.gatech.edu>
- Organization: Lockheed Missiles and Space Co.
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- In article <1993Jan27.180016.6350@cc.gatech.edu> sougata@cc.gatech.edu (Sougata Mukherjea) writes:
- >Hi net-world,
- >I have a Ford Escort 4-door.
- >I went for a routine check-up and the mechanic told me of the following problem:
- >I have to fix the inner tire rod ends since they were pushing on my tires.
-
- I believe you mean tie-rods
-
- >It may cause some safety hazard.
-
- yep - it could/would continue to keep throwing the wheels off balance, thus
- causing uneven tire wear, thus causing shimmying when you drive, for a start
-
- >I'll also have to have a beaming repack rear (that's what they said -
- >I don't have any idea what it meant).
- >Finally I'll have to have the wheels alligned.
-
- probably cuz of the tie-rod problem
-
- >The total cost comes to about $200.
- >
- >My qs are:
- >(1) Is the problem really a safety hazard that needs to be fixed immediately
- >or can it wait?
-
- see above
-
- >(2) Is the price quoted reasonable?
-
- not bad
-
- >
- >Thanks for any help (by e-mail).
- >
- >- Sougata
- >
- >
- >=============================================================================
- > Sougata Mukherjea (sougata@cc.gatech.edu)
- > Graphics Visualization and Usability Center, College of Computing,
- > Georgia Institute of Technology.
- >=============================================================================
-
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