Re: [DMCForum] Re: Ugh! Whacked a *@$%&% pothole hard.

[Andrew <aos+yahoo@xxxxxxxx>]

Okay, I had a look at everything at the front end of the car today.

The lower control arms look okay.  The passenger side one has slight 
corrugations (for lack of a better word) in the lip that sticks out the 
edge, but it's been like this as long as I've owned the car.  The main 
part of the arm is fine.

The front end does have the recall kit (I'd actually never looked before 
today), and the sway bar is firmly attached in all the right places.

Just to make sure it was well seated (and to get a little preview of my 
upcoming replacement), I removed and inspected the brackets holding in the 
steering rack, and they both seem fine.  As I said last night, the rack 
does move, but it's less than I thought.  Maybe 1/8" back and forth.  I 
expect this is within tolerance.  What motion there is may be the result 
of slightly bent mounting hardware (which will be inspected more closely 
upon replacement of the rack), but 1/8" of play in the rack is certainly 
not responsible for the fairly large amount of play in the steering wheel.

Reinstallation of the brackets didn't help the play in the steering at 
all, so I must conclude that the already internally damaged rack was 
simply further damaged by the impact, and now requires replacement more 
than before.

Thanks for the tips, guys.  I'll probably get the rack replaced this 
weekend, and I'll let you know how it goes.

-andrew

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