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Old 09-12-2013, 09:13 PM
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Originally Posted by dtrally View Post
To have the correct bump steer geometry the tie rods and ball joints need to be changed as a set. However, for the purpose of diagnosing the noise just change the ball joints as they are sometimes the culprit and will not require any re-alignment. If that turns out to be the source of the noise continue with the replacement of the tie rods and adjust alignment to suit, if not revert to the Whiteline products, no align required.
I believe that I still have the OEM bits in the old mans shed.
Will see if they can be dug up and if so, will book the car in for a visit.

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I had a mystery clunk that turned out to be the steering rod lock off nut. It hadn't been tightened properly after coilover install/alignment. Was not obvious when I first looked as it had only moved a few mm.
The nuts haven't been touched in the better part of 3 years now, will see if I can get under and inspect for tightness, otherwise I'll just get Doug to check it out when we look at the bump steer.

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