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Author Topic: Handling issues, 86SE  (Read 17162 times)

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Re: Handling issues, 86SE
« Reply #45 on: April 20, 2019, 01:34:26 pm »


I was under the impression that those vent screws were only used on the '84, but went to the flip style by '85.

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Re: Handling issues, 86SE
« Reply #46 on: April 20, 2019, 07:07:00 pm »
I don't know.  I'm the 4th member of the club that's owned the car so they could have been replaced at some time.  The rubber retainer washer on the bottom tends to come off and the screws are lost.  I don't think I replaced this screw. 

The Fastbacks had a flip wing screw on the right and a slotted screw on the left.  I've collected the two style wing screws whenever I found them in the parts yards.  This car has one of each on each side. 
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Re: Handling issues, 86SE
« Reply #47 on: April 22, 2019, 06:07:45 pm »


I'm having a hard time rectifying these specs to these:
http://www.gafieroclu .org/bbs/index.php?topic=1131
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Re: Handling issues, 86SE
« Reply #48 on: April 22, 2019, 10:04:17 pm »
Yeah, I think that was at Master Tech and it was supposed to be in alignment.  Or as close as they claimed they could get it. 
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Re: Handling issues, 86SE
« Reply #49 on: April 22, 2019, 10:06:12 pm »
Yeah, I think that was at Master Tech and it was supposed to be in alignment.  Or as close as they claimed they could get it.

It shows Firestone.

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Re: Handling issues, 86SE
« Reply #50 on: April 22, 2019, 11:15:14 pm »
OK.  That was after I had just left a store called The Tire Place.  All new tie rods and ball joints had been installed previously.  They told me that it needed new ball joints, and that they needed to turn one of the ball joints around at an additional charge of $70.  At least Firestone did make it handle a little better going straight down the road, but it still wanted to swap ends on a hard curve. 
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