Postby TexPath99 » Thu Sep 29, 2011 11:55 am
Well, I think I may have my own answer if this ends up helping anyone else in the future. The steering rack has two large rubber bushings and one is basically gone and the other severely worn, so it seems the entire rack may have moved a bit causing the appearance of the steering wheel to be at a different orientation..ie 1000 not 1200 yet still track well down a flat road. I have ordered a new rack as this one is leaking and new bushings....we shall see if this works.....I wonder if the leaking pwer steering fluid contributed to the deterioration of the bushings over a period of time or if it is purely wear and tear of 170,000+ miles.