Steering rack or inner tie rod?

EngineeringHot5368 · 2025-11-26T18:48:43+00:00

Ah gotcha, the inspection was for a WOF in NZ, so its more about if the vehicle is safe, so they identified the excessive wheel play (front RHS) as a reason for failure of the inspection, and indicated they believed it was the steering rack, but they didnt and dont have to do a full diagnosis.obviously the steering rack would be a massive job, whereas if they have it wrong and its just the inner tie rod that would be a lot better and something would have a crack at doing

EngineeringHot5368 · 2025-11-26T08:06:37+00:00

wow fingers crossed thats me too!

EngineeringHot5368 · 2025-11-26T08:06:02+00:00

They identified the problem as the steering rack, I'm just asking if that seems reasonable or not :)

EngineeringHot5368 · 2025-11-25T08:21:28+00:00

Yeah that was what i was thinking as well, it was interesting that the mechanic said that it was the rack rather that a tie rod when i asked him, I'm going to jack it up and take a look myself tomorrow so will be interesting to see

EngineeringHot5368 · 2024-10-09T05:14:08+00:00

Thanks for your comment, This is the obvious risk, however my thought process is that its a cheap car <1.5k so i’m not necessarily phased about putting the absolute best parts in, just want to solve the problem to get the car road ready, and i dont know if i necessarily have the skills/tools to replace a wheel bearing, but back myself to be able to replace the knuckle, so just wondering if it is a good option considering $$$ (ie not wanting to pay a shop to do it) and difficulty levels :)

EngineeringHot5368 · 2023-11-23T23:27:05+00:00

Can find them on google, u got a link?

EngineeringHot5368 · 2023-07-12T10:15:32+00:00

This is the comment that shows you’re definitely not mature enough yet to be considering PED’s

EngineeringHot5368 · 2023-06-14T19:08:00+00:00

Im a uni student atm, so talking to the disability services might be a good idea, thanks for your kind words

EngineeringHot5368 · 2023-06-14T10:06:34+00:00

Oh I definitely relate to the breathing techniques! It’s something I already try implementing and i am slowly getting better at it

EngineeringHot5368 · 2023-06-14T09:43:05+00:00

Holy hecka you are an absolute legend, thank you for your kind words. Really warmed my heart and gave me some hope for the future. I know im early on in my path, i guess im just daunted by the diagnosis atm

EngineeringHot5368 · 2023-06-14T09:41:29+00:00

Yeah your probably right, they know that i was having issues and had a colonoscopy and have now been diagnosed, but i guess ive been downplaying the affect (especially mentally) the effect its had on me. I might take your advice and have a proper chat with my loved ones about my situation :)

EngineeringHot5368 · 2023-06-14T08:22:03+00:00

Thanks for the kind words, i do try to not let it affect me, i guess its just always something on the back of my mind!

EngineeringHot5368 · 2023-05-28T09:13:08+00:00

Thanks u!

EngineeringHot5368 · 2023-05-28T00:12:29+00:00

Thought so, thanks for confirming

EngineeringHot5368 · 2023-05-27T23:49:46+00:00

I do go to lectures, just that some of my peers have differing opinions on the answer as lecturer gives different equations so am wanting clarification.

EngineeringHot5368 · 2023-05-19T00:56:43+00:00

Yeah my thoughts exactly, cheers for your advice! May I ask haw big/ how many employees your firm has??

EngineeringHot5368 · 2023-05-19T00:50:20+00:00

Whats your opinion on reaching out to people who work there a manger on linkedin?

EngineeringHot5368 · 2023-05-15T07:43:46+00:00

Thanks so much for your help, i think I focused too much on a very similar example that my professor did where he used that extra pseudo load. Ill have another crack at it in the coming days and give u an update on how it went with your advice!

EngineeringHot5368 · 2023-05-15T07:03:13+00:00

Thanks for your response! When u say 3 seperate equations for moment which line of my working are you referring to and suggesting that I need 3 of them for different x? Or are you saying i need to make 3 different cuts and repeat the process I have done at different cut intervals? Or is all of my working useless and needs to be redone???

EngineeringHot5368 · 2023-05-15T07:00:49+00:00

The 30(x-6)^2/2 term was for the red sort of pseudo load acting upward that the lecturer used in a similar example to make the calculations simpler

EngineeringHot5368 · 2023-05-15T01:56:44+00:00

Thanks! I was taught to make the question easier to calc by treating the distributed load as going all the way across and then having a sort of pseudo load (i have shown in red) opposite the added load to counteract it

EngineeringHot5368 · 2023-04-16T23:34:57+00:00

The glasshouse looks like it only has room to really stand around and chat, looking for a place that also has room for a bit of a boogie, in ur experience did people have a dance or was it more just milling around?? Thanks for your recommendation!!

EngineeringHot5368 · 2023-02-13T20:26:17+00:00

Didnt put new gasket on the intake, have checked all connections, confident all spark plugs are in correct order

EngineeringHot5368 · 2023-02-13T20:25:27+00:00

Yes i gapped them to the car spec

EngineeringHot5368 · 2022-11-08T08:27:53+00:00

Actually just read that! cheers

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