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[davis89]

just bought a 1.1 n reg 3.5 fiesta as a daily...seems a good tidy car...on the way home began to notice the steering was quite tight turnin left and the tracking was out...having had a look the next day the n/s wish bone as been replaced yet i have a old tatty one on the o/s (god knows why you'd only replace the one lol) also the tie rod ends are fooked so iv replaced them..some of the gaiters do look just split on the rack...also noticed a droning noise now when i turn the wheel straight from the left at slow speed...i honestly think its been bumped at some point...i aint a clue where to start to be honest...i dont ant to be buying bits for no reason..i no its hard to pin point the problem without seeing it or hearing it but if someone could point me in the right direction i'd be greatful

[frst toady]

Checked the wheel bearings?

[davis89]

i aint yet..but that as came across my mind for the drone maybe?i dont understand why my steering is so tight?its awful to drive :/

[fiend]

Lower UJ is likely to be the cause of the tight steering.

[mikeymikeyp]

Is it power steering if its manual the uj is the usual suspect most of the time they don't return when turning a corner what happened with the tracking

[davis89]

when you guys say the uj am i right by thinking the knuckle that mk3s are prone for?i have actually thought that but thought it would be diff with a 3.5