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- From: louise@pravda.cc.gatech.edu (FA)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: aligning after replacing rack and pinion?
- Message-ID: <1992Oct12.170539.10260@cc.gatech.edu>
- Date: 12 Oct 92 17:05:39 GMT
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- Reply-To: louise@pravda.cc.gatech.edu (Louise Penberthy)
- Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
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- Is it necessary to realign the front end of a FWD car after
- replacing the rack and pinion assembly? One place says yes,
- although they can get it pretty close to what it was without
- realigning. The other place says no, that nothing they do will
- change the alignment. However, I have reason to be wary of the
- mechanic at the second place (he diddled around with a carb
- rebuild two years ago, not fixing the problem and not seeming to
- know he wasn't fixing the problem -- now I rebuild my carb
- myself). Also, both the Chilton's and the Haynes say that, in
- order to get the rack and pinion out to replace it, the left tie
- rod has to come out. So I should think you would have to redo
- the front alignment.
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- How I loathe having someone else work on my car but me -- but
- this is more than I want to attempt just now. :-(
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- BTW, the car is an '85 Omni, 2.2L, auto, 70K.
-
- Thanks.
-
- -- Louise Penberthy
-
- Louise Penberthy | "A student came to me with a desire to know
- College of Computing/ Georgia | the time, and I told her how to make a
- Tech/ Atlanta, GA 30332 | watch."
- louise@pravda.cc.gatech.edu | -- Chris, NEXP:Northwest Passages
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