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Re: steers hard
Posted by kansas (more from kansas) on Tue, 6 Jan 2004 10:13:18
In Reply to: steers hard, avanti, Tue, 6 Jan 2004 09:04:45
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I think you should try to isolate the problem. You have steering column, rack, ball joints at the wheels. First support the car by jackstands under the lower A-arms so wheels are in normal position rather than hanging, then turn the steering wheel and turn the wheels back and forth by hand, you may get some sense there of where the friction is. Then separate the outer tie rod ends from the spindles, now you can turn the wheels independent of the rest of the steering, hard turning says ball joints. If the wheels turn easy the column and rack combination will still presumably turn hard. If so you need to separate the column from the rack. I have never done this but it looks like you do it by removing a pinch bolt from the bottom of the column just aft of the firewall, then sliding the column back. Reference to a manual will be useful here. Be sure to index-mark the relationship. Based on my own experience, the racks are extremely reliable, my original is fine at 435K. I doubt that excess grease would make steering very stiff. Steering rack boots are Volve PN #271-545, thanks Bud Clark.
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