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rod
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 Posted: Wed May 28, 2003 1:14 am Post subject: My steering wheel... |
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| seems too hav a fair bit off play... how do i ajust this too make it more firmer, & responsive? |
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Pete
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| Posted: Wed May 28, 2003 1:20 am Post subject: Re: My steering wheel... |
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| the wheel itself isnt the problem... check the tyre road end for heaps of wear. these are ball joints near the tyres when worn give the rims play. IF its just the wheel the horn section comes off and teres a bolt there... |
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rod
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| Posted: Wed May 28, 2003 1:25 am Post subject: Re: My steering wheel... |
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its not just the steering wheel thats all pretty tight...
its something too do with the steering rack or the ball joints as u said...
ill hav a look 2morrow. |
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Pete
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| Posted: Wed May 28, 2003 1:36 am Post subject: Re: My steering wheel... |
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| yea do that, steering is one thing you dont wana fuk around with. breaks (handbreak 4 180's excluded) are somethiong i can do without... steering and subs = priority. |
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rod
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| Posted: Wed May 28, 2003 1:37 am Post subject: Re: My steering wheel... |
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i just thought that somebody would hav a quick answer too this prob thats all  |
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CuGem
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| Posted: Wed May 28, 2003 10:21 am Post subject: Re: My steering wheel... |
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Jack up the front of the car and grab the front and back of each wheel and wiggle it to see if there is any free play. You can slide the rubber dust boot off too and see if the free play is just in the tie rod ends or extends to the steering rack. It's fairly easy to replace the tie rod ends, I did it a while ago and wrote up a workshop article, but it never got published  |
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Loz
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| Posted: Wed May 28, 2003 2:10 pm Post subject: Re: My steering wheel... |
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Could be wheel bearings (but they'd make a pulsating howling noise). Could be the bolts connecting the pinion to the rack are loose. This will give play. Could be a worn rack or pinion. Could be an old coupling with movement in it. Or as said before the tie rod ends.
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