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| One-forty's retarded; Trip to the muffler shop | |
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| Topic Started: Jul 28 2009, 01:15 PM (127 Views) | |
| one-forty | Jul 28 2009, 01:15 PM Post #1 |
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Well I got my CA-legal direct fit cat and tried to install it yesterday. It just didn't want to fit. So naturally I tried to force it... It is at a local muffler shop getting a broken bolt removed from the manifold, and hopefully will actually get installed correctly. My mileage looks like this- I refill every two days (that's 280 miles). I put in 7.5 gallons to fill it up ($23.00 here in So-Cal). That would appear to give me about 37mpg. I am hoping that some of that will change with the new oxygen sensor I installed. I always drive at 60 mph, and have over 3500 miles on the rebuilt engine. When I had the car up, yesterday I noticed that I could force the front wheels to move left or right by about 3/4". It seemed like the play was inside the rack. I believe this is what caused one of the 12" tires to grenade on the freeway recently. I sure it is killing on my mileage, too. By the way, I put those rx7 spare alloys on in place of the 12"s- they are awesome! I am going to post pictures of my rig when I get it back. Thank you for all your help, guys! |
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| Bad Bent | Jul 28 2009, 05:39 PM Post #2 |
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Your manual Rack and Pinion (R&P) has an adjustment on it. It is at the firewall, under a rubber cap and is like a 1" square bolt. It will adjust the tightness or your steering. That may help. I got a $35 R&P from a pick-n-pull (the cheap way to go  ), however it had a 1/2 inch of play in the steering wheel. My current R&P has 1/2 inch of play on the right side. I sent the junk yard R&P to Garo Steering in Florida ($20) and they replaced a part for $45, while rebuilding it for $95 and $15 to ship. So, for $125 you might be able to get it re-manufactured. They promise a 24 hour turn around time on eBay.  If you don't want much down time and don't want to mess with a pick-n-pull I can send Garo my R&P and they can send the Reman to you. Click: Garo Steering. I'll have the Reman in this weekend. 
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| mwebb | Jul 28 2009, 05:45 PM Post #3 |
 
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" I noticed that I could force the front wheels to move left or right by about 3/4". It seemed like the play was inside the rack." ........................ if that is accurate , you should not drive the car anymore until you find out why and repair it , imho if the wheel s have 3/4" steering linkage play independent of the other wheel , look closely at the inner tie rod ends . if you can grab the top and bottom of the wheel and you have 3/4" wiggle , look at wheel bearing s , and lower ball joint for the play or , possible very very sloppy strut if the top and bottom of the strut can flex in relation to them selves . if the wheels move together , with no play wheel to wheel that is normal, they will move much more than you noticed . ............................................. allegedly CA legal after market cat converters are right next to useless , good for tent stakes , you must get the cat from the manufacturer of the car or mr check engine light will be back .... NY has CA emission specifications, aftermarket cats never work here Edited by mwebb, Jul 28 2009, 05:48 PM.
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