Ok, so today I finally got it fixed at BMS. It runs out it was not caused by the steering rod but by the tie rod. I replaced it with Whiteline's Roll Center Adjust (RCA) and the joints had worn out. BMS told me to get it swapped by Simon (the guy who it to me). I was surprised that he didn't asked too many questions and offered to swap it with a new one. Apparently the mechanics at BMS told me that this has happened to a few other cars. Simon also admitted this. I noticed the new RCA had a slightly different design (see below).
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Another thing I found out also was that my ABS sensor was damaged and the ABS "teeth" on my driveshaft is missing! (Probably damaged when my wheel knuckle was damaged).
Here's how the ABS teeth should look like:
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See the missing "teeth" on my drive shaft.
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How the ABS works is that an electronic sensor is located on top of the teeth such that as the drive shaft rotates, the teeth will create a pulse onto the ABS sensor - causing ABS to be activated and preventing skidding. Interesting. Ah Boon taught me this today.
At the same, I also took the opportunity to change my illegal 3inch downpipe HeeHee. Whilst changing the RCA, Ah Meng (BMS mechanic) found that one of my front brake pads was worn out. So I changed to Project Mu 777. It feels awesome but they are 300-800 degrees.
My worn out pads:
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Project Mu 777 pads (S$450)
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New pads!!!
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Well, that's it for today - those will be my Xmas presents for myself :-)
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