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<center><img src="http://fivemondays.com/boot.jpg"></center><p>Ok so Saturday I removed ther VMaxx Coils from my car and installled Club Spec/Koni combo which feels GREAT, EXCEPT for the fact that I haver a odd issue when on a long right corner.

Imagine your entering a long right curve and you turn and HOLD the steering wheel at 25 degrees. Somewhere along the curve the car seems to straighten up the wheels and then a second later they are in the position relevant to the steering wheel, all without any input from me. Now this has happened on different curves, all right though. The very first time it happened I thought maybe I was beginning to understeer so I turned the wheel some more to hold my line but when the car adjusted itself I found that I was now way off the line and had to straighten out the wheel a bit.

Now I completely understand that this is some crazy ****, but trust me, its not just the tires slipping or the car loosing grip. Actually if I dig harder into the curve and put more load onto the suspension, I dont feel the "adjustment." It only seems to happen when there isnt as much of a load.

I pulled the wheels off and there werent any loose bolts but I did noticed when i was turning the wheels left to right to see if I heard any noises I saw a boot leaking, which I have rigged up for now (pic above) I dont believe the wetness you see in the pic on the liner is from the boot, we needed to use some penetrating spray to get the pinch bolt out.

All suggestions are welcome. I have a feeling I may need to just redo the front end but wont be able to do that until the weekend.

hoosierchemist

stupid question alert: any chance it's a TRE?

PartyBoyRacing

Is your steering rack leaking?

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I dont know what the fluid is, was hopeing one of yall did.

What is TRE?

PartyBoyRacing

Loosen the inner tie rod dust boot clamp and push the boot back to see if fluid comes out.

2.7Avant

Ill try it tomorrow after I come from work

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Ok, so I dont believe this has anything to do with the suspension. My previous setup was so sloppy that what Im exeriencing now was being blamed on it. When i removed the old setup, the left rear shock was in 2 pieces. The upper "eye" had unscrewed itself from the rest of the shock and was causing issues.

Moving on, So now on my way to work this morning I noticed that there are times where even small adjustments to the steering dont seem to be registered to the wheels. Its almost as if there is no feeling and its completely loose, when others you feel it working.

Is it possible that something the power steering system is flaking out?

PartyBoyRacing

in a different orientation to the wheels after every stage by about 30* (of course I was sawing the wheel at hard angles under high rpm so the symptom probably manifest itself much faster and more extreme than with daily driving). Pretty scary actually; not having full control of the steering input.

PartyBoyRacing

Safety glasses and grubby clothes are probably warranted.

The first S4 rack I replaced shot fluid straight out at me when I pushed the boot back and totally douched me. I got out of the way for the second one and it shot fluid all the way against the wall. Amazing how tightly sealed those tie rod boots are. They were basically the only thing holding fluid in the system after the rack seal(s) blew.

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of what seemed to be water. I had my wife look while I turned the wheel and its coming out of the boot I have pictured.