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Check what everyone has said. Especially the steering box mount bolts.
Your front end has quite a few adjustments on it.
When was the last time the front end was rebuilt?
When was the last time the bushings were checked ?
Get a crow bar or prying bar and jack the car up on stands.
Use the bar to force movement out of the bushings. You can determine how solid the rubber is. With time the bushings can become mushy if oil and fluids get on them or they can rot and start to fall apart.
It could be that when the car was up on the jack the bushings were falling apart and it caused the front end to come out of alignment.
You should check the following ( for mushyness and just falling apart)
Lower control arm bushings.
Upper control arm bushings.
Upper and lower contol arm ball joints.
The brake mount, its against the firewall section. Also check the rod and thread section of the brake rod to see if it has slipped.
Check the coil spring, has it broken.
Now onto the steering assembly.
Check all ball joints on the steering linkage
Check the adjustment sleeves on the tie rods to see if they have slipped.
Again check the steering box mount bolts.
Below is the diagram for your car.
Dave
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Last edited by dmorrison; 08-21-2003 at 08:20 PM.
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