well i have been losing power sterring fluid for the last week, and being that im lazy, i let it go and kept topping er off.
so yesterday i noticed a puddle under the foci(it had not been leaking to groud till this point) so i started it up and added fluid. i then heard a sound only to be discribed as a fluid being forced at high pressure through a small hole and then a loud ping and fluid hitting the ground. it turns out that my rack has blown the inner seal completely out! it is hanging all ring toss style around the inner rod end......sooooo this week end in goes the svt rack(mmmmmmmm gear reduced, mmmmmmmmm)
There was a difference, going from a Chromie to cRusty, the steering was different...it acts quicker...
Steve, you might be used to it, because you use the quicker rack all the time, i dunno. It might be in the my head, I've never driven a Focus that handled or reacted the same, so it might just be the car, but the steering did feel quick on cRusty tho..
well gott er dune. one thing i notcied as i was installing was the the tag that read"ST170 LHD" on the rack i also noticed as it was going through the caster sweep on the alingment rack at 45-50 degrees (steering wheel) the reading was almost at 7.5 degrees (front wheels) on the zx3 rack at 45-50 steering wheel the front wheels are like 6-6.25 wheel degrees. and driving i notcied a black and white comparison. if the steering wheel moves the car moves, there is no lag there is no question, if i go from the 12 o clock to the 12:01 it will start changing lanes, its almost as if my hands where attached to the front knuckels, thats the only way to describe it.
Last edited by focinite on Tue Aug 18, 2009 12:17 pm, edited 1 time in total.
frankjt96 wrote:I'll keep that in mind... Thanks for the tip
on my way home last night i turned my head to sneeze out the windah, and as i turnded ma head i went into the next lane, its scary how sensitve the steering is now. i can only imagine in a golf that has instant turn in to start with.
wink wink.....bitches
