Steering feeling wooly

Big lumps of metals and spanners. Including servicing and fluids.

Moderators: User administrators, Moderators

Post Reply
rikg24
Registered user
Posts: 165
Joined: 25 Oct 2012, 12:42
80-90 Mem No: 12226
Location: stockport

Steering feeling wooly

Post by rikg24 »

Have recently changed my wheels for 17 inch Porsche rims my steering feels to wander/feels wooly a lot more and have thought i might change to the poly bushes from Brickwerks has any one got first hand experience and are they an improvement in feel worthwhile over standard new rubber bushes ?

silverbullet
Trader
Posts: 16443
Joined: 08 Jun 2009, 09:51
80-90 Mem No: 6908
Location: Surrey Syncronaut #156
Contact:

Re: Steering feeling wooly

Post by silverbullet »

Sounds like you bus is "tramlining" due to the wide/low profile rubber.
Polybushes wont fix it, you need the wheel alignment sorting.

Sent from my Atari 7800

rikg24
Registered user
Posts: 165
Joined: 25 Oct 2012, 12:42
80-90 Mem No: 12226
Location: stockport

Re: Steering feeling wooly

Post by rikg24 »

its always felt a little wooly just seams worse now possibly a bit of both?

silverbullet
Trader
Posts: 16443
Joined: 08 Jun 2009, 09:51
80-90 Mem No: 6908
Location: Surrey Syncronaut #156
Contact:

Re: Steering feeling wooly

Post by silverbullet »

Do the rack bushes first. The originals are very soft, they almost fall out IME.

Sent from my Atari 7800

User avatar
CovKid
Trader
Posts: 8409
Joined: 30 Apr 2006, 13:19
80-90 Mem No: 3529
Location: Ralph - Coventry (Retired)
Contact:

Re: Steering feeling wooly

Post by CovKid »

Check the condition of the droplinks while you're under there too.
Roller paint your camper at home: http://roller.epizy.com/55554/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; for MP4 download.

Post Reply