Quote Originally Posted by petrified.rabbit View Post
Probably inner tie rod.
In a way I hope its not, rabbit, as the car has been to TWO shops and neither fixed the issue - surely the first shop would have checked the inner tie rods if they replaced the lower control arm, surely the second shop checked them when also replaced the SAME control arm (i had already bought the passenger side one assuming thats what was needed), and serviced the coil-overs. Frustrating I tell you I know they must not have taken the car for a spin on the highway after, or they would have felt the play still there.
Then again, maybe you are right and completely missed a basic test for play, but thats why I was thinking the pittman arm/steering box or idler arm having play, as they may not have checked those when the car was up on the hoist, probably thinking 'oh we found the issue', its the control arm. Before I raised the coil-over a teensy bit the steering would hit the bump stops before full lock, I wonder if trying to get close to full lock and putting pressure on the power steering may have done a bushing/connection and introduced the play.
Its funny in one way it has forced me to be very precise when I drive, as one guy put it, 'you choose a side in the looseness', and work that side until you have to switch to the other side of the dead space. Corners not too bad, driving straight is tougher.
Cant wait to have it into the shop in about two weeks time.. enough is enough. Car will be doing a huge road trip later on this year so all the little things need to be fixed. Well its a long post I will get back and explain what the issue was when it gets fixed.