Well, I've been doing a lot of work on this car, and today I took it to get the alignment fixed. I had it in earlier in the week, but the younger guy was afraid of the car... so today it finally got done.
The car drives much better, but the steering is sloppy. It never made any noise before, but it would appear that doing the back and forth sweeping to measure caster without the assistance of the power steering has trashed the steering coupler.
I now get a clicking/clunking if I rock the steering wheel back and forth, and it's a bit loose.
My question is whether or not it's safe to drive in this condition? I'd really like to use it this weekend, about 200 miles round trip. I'll happily replace the part, but I won't get it or install it before Sunday morning.
The car drives much better, but the steering is sloppy. It never made any noise before, but it would appear that doing the back and forth sweeping to measure caster without the assistance of the power steering has trashed the steering coupler.
I now get a clicking/clunking if I rock the steering wheel back and forth, and it's a bit loose.
My question is whether or not it's safe to drive in this condition? I'd really like to use it this weekend, about 200 miles round trip. I'll happily replace the part, but I won't get it or install it before Sunday morning.