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mornin all :ok hope you all had a gr8 extended jubille weekend :D no down to business, ive had a wooly feeling to my steering since buying the van bout a year ago, renewed the track rod ends, roll bar bushes, new tyres with correct pressure, but i,m still getting a vague response from the steering, when travelling straight, i can move the steering wheel a good few inches either way, with no response, very dissconcerting :o could the rack be shot :idea any input as always, will be gratefully recieved :ok thanx gazulu...
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Check the rubber bushes on the steering column
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cheers hacksaw, when you say check em, is that a visual or get em off and check em m8 ? :ok
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there are 4 bushes on the rack, change um for Brickwerks poly bushes loads better!
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jamesc76 wrote:there are 4 bushes on the rack, change um for Brickwerks poly bushes loads better!
thanx james, gonna do as you suggest m8 :D can the bush in the column joint, that hacksawbob was refering to, be re-placed with poly aswell ? thanx gazulu....
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dunno mate, changed the 4 and massive difference!
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Polybushed my steering rack, could not believe the difference when I drove it after it was like driving a different van.
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martinj wrote:Polybushed my steering rack, could not believe the difference when I drove it after it was like driving a different van.
cheers mart, gonna definately b getting the rack poly bushed :D sounds like a positive step forward anyhow, cheers gazulu :ok
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