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      11-09-2010, 07:12 AM   #87
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Originally Posted by N16E View Post
..... during the test drive the ZF engineer said the "forces" were within tolerance, however the BMW technician told him it wasn't right (he told me it made his arm hurt). The ZF engineer was reluctant to change the rack, but after some discussion (small argument) he agreed. ...
What a bunch of irresponsible horsesh1t on the part of ZF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Deny. Deny. Deny.

This demonstrates part of the problem for steering design for BMW lately. If you rely on instrumernts and ignore "feel", you can end up with things that get good ratings on instruments that can still feel lousy to human beings.
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