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Re: Steering play .. any clues??
Posted by GPost [Email] (more from GPost) on Sun, 7 Sep 2008 05:38:19
In Reply to: Steering play .. any clues??, saabetized, Sat, 6 Sep 2008 14:34:21
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First, I would jack up the car and check all your ball joints and tie-rod ends for wear. Second, I am familiar with the adjustement bolt for the steering control box. I just had to tighten mine. I loosened the rack to get a large socket on the locking nut. However, I found that with a 1/2" air impact, I could loosen and tighten the 22mm bolt as necessary. It doesn't need much. I also took out the bolt and sprayed the inside with some lubricant. It had some dirty fluid in that area and that nut presses the steering gears together as sort of a self adjuster (it has a spring.)
The problem that prompted me to tighten this nut, was that the gears of the steering box were slipping when I turned the wheel when the car was sitting still or slowly moving. I.E., the gears were messing, but were not tight enough. Tightening the nut just a little, and maybe cleaning the inside, was enough to fix my problem.
Sorry for being long, but the steering box adjustment nut will not affect the play of the steering wheel. Either some ball-joint is bad or like the other poster said, the steering knuckle under the dash is loose.
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Posts in this Thread:
- Steering play .. any clues??, saabetized, Sat, 6 Sep 2008 14:34:21
- Also check....., Erik919kt, Mon, 8 Sep 2008 11:52:44
- Re: Steering play .. any clues??, GPost, Sun, 7 Sep 2008 05:38:19 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: Steering play .. any clues??, Rod
, Sat, 6 Sep 2008 19:19:03 - Re: Steering play .. any clues??, jdlincoln
, Sat, 6 Sep 2008 15:02:18
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