Very slight play in steering wheel....

[Yanto]

What should I be checking first folks ?

(and before the gags start, it was there prior to car limits !)

[JezP]

Re-balance front wheels in my case one of my spacers was a bit warped must had been brett bounce added weight at silverstone

[shimmy]

By play to you mean it moves with out moving the wheels OR it wobbles when driving?

[Yanto]

Originally Posted by shimmy

By play to you mean it moves with out moving the wheels OR it wobbles when driving?

yep - moves w/out moving the wheels very slightly...

[Bounce]

Originally Posted by Yanto

yep - moves w/out moving the wheels very slightly...

Shimmys gone to Google that now,then pretend he knows what he's talking about.

[billyboysm3]

Originally Posted by Bounce

Shimmys gone to Google that now,then pretend he knows what he's talking about.

[shane@mbtech]

Originally Posted by Yanto

yep - moves w/out moving the wheels very slightly...

See my post above.


But you need to illiminate the steering collumn.

How do you know the steering wheel moves without the wheels moving?

You will always have slight play, is it engine on or off. Power steering systems always have slight play when engine not running, run engine and the play in the rack can disappear.

As above though, better to be safe than sorry, get it checked out.

[Yanto]

Originally Posted by lawsy

See my post above.


But you need to illiminate the steering collumn.

How do you know the steering wheel moves without the wheels moving?

You will always have slight play, is it engine on or off. Power steering systems always have slight play when engine not running, run engine and the play in the rack can disappear.

As above though, better to be safe than sorry, get it checked out.

To be honest, I dont Shane...it just feels like they're not

Its minimal (maybe a 1 degree turn in either direction from cente) and when engine is on.

I'll be up to Elms in the next couple of weeks for MOT anyway so I'll ask Gareth to take a look.

[shane@mbtech]

Originally Posted by shimmy

By play to you mean it moves with out moving the wheels OR it wobbles when driving?

This ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

If it wobbles when driving it could be balance out, ball joint, track rod end, or track rod.

If the steering moves but the wheels don't, then most likely track rod end or track rod.

But you need to get it jacked up and check for side to side play in the wheels.

Ideally get it checked by a suitable person, not someone in a suit

[shimmy]

Originally Posted by lawsy

This ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

If it wobbles when driving it could be balance out, ball joint, track rod end, or track rod.

If the steering moves but the wheels don't, then most likely track rod end or track rod.

But you need to get it jacked up and check for side to side play in the wheels.

Ideally get it checked by a suitable person, not someone in a suit

Google says "you is fucked"