S14 wheels catching tie rods on left hand lock only

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  1. redlinereiddy

    redlinereiddy Member

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    Hi guys, as title says I'm having a spot of trouble whilst on full left hand lock. It's a Nissan s14, all adjustable arms, parts shop max hubs, standard tie rods with offset rack spacers tho. I'm not sure if anyone has experienced this, everything appears to be straight so I'm just thinking what to change first
     
  2. Dirk Jan

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    Was your steering rack centered before alignment?
     
  3. redlinereiddy

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    What do you mean by that? Probably not in guessing
     
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    I've never written this down so bare with me! To Re-Centre the rack with it on car.

    -Lock your steering wheel, car and wheels in the air, Unbolt the UJ off the rack, unbolt your track rod ends from the hubs.
    -have somebody pull the rack fully right, Make a mark on the splines and on the rack body next to the splines (also perfectly opposite too to help with counting half turns).
    - Have somebody turn/pull the rack slowly left, whilst you count the number of times it turns until it stops. Say it's 3 1/2 rotations, you need to turn the rack back right 1 3/4 turns (hence the second mark to help count)
    -Then bolt your UJ back on (making sure your steering wheel is straight)
    -bolt your tie rods back on to your hubs and then do alignment!

    Hope that makes sense!

    In your case I imagine you probably had the rack off at some point?
     

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