so I'm home now on Thanksgiving break from school, and I was real excited I got to drive my S13 around while Im back at home (I dont take my car to school), but the car feels really different than the last time I drove it. Before I left last time, I installed some new tie rod ends (the old ones' bushings were completely smashed and leaking grease), but I never really got a chance to drive around on them. Now, I KNOW I need an allignment, cause my steering wheel is off a little bit (like not pointing in the right direction completly), but also the front end feels real wishy washy, like itll squirm a little bit when I accelerate or sometimes itll get a little squirreley on me... haha sorry it's kinda hard to describe.
My question is, though, do you think that could be because I need the allignment, or could it be something wrong with the tie rods? I'm really sure I put the tie rods on right-- I mean it's not a complicated operation... the front end just feels so crappy now I feel like something must be wrong. I'm hoping it's just the allignment but maybe not. What do you guys think?
front end/steering feels weird - help!
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Grant@tirerack
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Nismo_Freak
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mine feels very similar to that too . i just put new snow tires on, I 'm pretty sure i need an alignment, and my tie rods are worn. the worn out tires I had on the car before didn't feel like this, maybe it's because of the new tires? I haven't had snow tires before, but it is really weird steering/handling now. I am ordering moog tie rods (in and out) to replace the old ones before I get an alignment, so i don't have to pay for it 2x....