You were missing shims altogether on one side (can't remember which -- sorry). Do not know if that was for proper alignment or just because they fell out. Sounds like time for a 4 wheel alignment (specs on pages H:08:01 and K:08:01 of tech manual). Your passenger splash guard needs to come off anyway to relocate the parking brake cable. Bill Robertson #5939 >--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "cruznmd" <racuti1@xxxx> wrote: > Up until recently, my DeLorean had really bad steering due to front- > end corrosion and half-hearted amatuer repairs. In accordance with my > budget, I've had metal replaced by an experienced metal > fabricator/welder. The last thing I had done was to have the steering > rack anchored to keep it from sliding in the bushings. It ain't > stock, and it ain't pretty but it's correct, safe and solid. > > When I drove at speed, certain bumps in the road would make it feel > as though the car was trying to climb out of the lane. I attributed > this to the steering rack sliding in the bushings. > > Now that everything is firmly set in the front-end, the sway is very > slight, but still there. The steering does not pull to either side. > The column bushing is in good shape. The sway almost, (but not > absolutely) feels like the rear-end is trying to sashay out of the > lane. > > Is this a trailing arm issue? My bolts were pulled and checked. They > were not bent but they had obviously been worked on in the past as > one of them was non-standard hardware (replaced it). Could the shims > being improperly installed cause this sway? If the shims were > improperly installed, would an alignment shop be able to tell where > and how many to install?