Is my steering damper stuffed?

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Originally Posted by Bushie

Is the steering heavy but then releases and gets lighter again ??

If so check for seized steering column universals.


Martyn

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thanks martyn! ive been chasing heavy notchy steering in my d2a for the last 2 months....i was at the replace the box and pump stage!! till you mentioned the words uni and seized:eek:

guess what?? the bottom steering uni seized:mad: another one for the memory bank.

cheers phil

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Originally Posted by discowhite

thanks martyn! ive been chasing heavy notchy steering in my d2a for the last 2 months....i was at the replace the box and pump stage!! till you mentioned the words uni and seized:eek:

guess what?? the bottom steering uni seized:mad: another one for the memory bank.

cheers phil

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Ian said the steering joints the other day when you were at our house talking about needing to sort it for shero:eek:

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Originally Posted by discowhite

the bottom steering uni seized:mad: another one

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Pretty common from what I've seen. I soaked mine in oil for a few days, working it back & forward each night, & it was fine for a few more years.

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Originally Posted by dullbird

Ian said the steering joints the other day when you were at our house talking about needing to sort it for shero:eek:

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i remember talking about ball joints not uni joints.

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Pretty common from what I've seen. I soaked mine in oil for a few days, working it back & forward each night, & it was fine for a few more years.

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i drove out to bundalenes at 830pm and got one:cool:

either way the steering is back to luxo barge smooth:angel:

cheers phil

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Originally Posted by discowhite

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i remember talking about ball joints not uni joints.

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i drove out to bundalenes at 830pm and got one:cool:

either way the steering is back to luxo barge smooth:angel:

cheers phil

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no he definatly was on about the steering as well happened to him on the 90, perhaps lost in translation.....good to see you got it sorted now though:)

Well what a dick i am. I had no fluid in the black res the ATF is stored in, oops :twisted:. So anyway i topped it up and bam all good, no more steering wobble and brake wobble is almost non existant but still slight at 100km's.

I have to fix the leaking ATF from were ever it is coming from. Ill give it a squirt of degreaser and trail the leak, hopefully it is just a hose rather then a seal