Steering Column

[CraigW]

I have a squeak coming from the steering column when i turn the steering wheel or it hits a bump in the road.

Its definetely coming from inside the car. Is there anything in the steering column (e.g spring etc) that could be squeaking??

Thanks in advance.

 

[CraigW]

Anyone??

 

[Cupra Kid]

Steering column bushes!

They went on my 1.4 been told they are an arse of a job to replace so never bothered,

 

[CraigW]

Steering column bushes!

They went on my 1.4 been told they are an arse of a job to replace so never bothered,

Alright but if they are that much of a job to change then i dont think i will bother!! I will just turn up my headunit alittle more to cover the sound

 

[ryderf3]

I had the bushes and bearing / bottom joint changed on mine a couple of months back, Parts were about £5 from SEAT. My mate did them for me and said they were a bit of a bitch but he did them on local garage time and only cost me an hours labour so can't have been that bad for him

 

[Anthony_Caple]

@ ryderf3 Hi there mate my pedal box the clutch plate by the steering column snapped so had it re welded as when manufactured is only spot welded 2 times ridiculous really so before they could do that they had to drop the steering column etc to remove pedal box the thing is they have not put back in the steering rack bu8sh so i have loads of movement now on my coloumn and it feels horrible can u plz tell me wherre u got yours from pplz and how much it was plz pm me or msg back here plz as i really need it done or you thji8nk ill be better off getting new rack with bushes included?? i look forward to ur reply by yourseld or anyone really as i cant find the part ANYWHERE on the net plz post link i have a mk2 seat ibiza gti cupra 8 valve s reg

 

[ryderf3]

Hi Anthony,

I cannot remember how much new bushses were but I don't think they were expensive otherwise I would probably remeber or gone the whole column route myself. I think they were a dealer only part and the only dealer in South West Wales at that time was reymond's garage in Pontyberam. Sorry I can't remember anymore. I always found Reymond's very helpful and knowledgableas they are a family owned franchise type garage as apose to a huge main dealer. Maybe worth giving them a call and seeing if they will post them out to you, If not they will give you the relevant part numbers to take to your local dealer. As for fitting a friend who is a mechanic did this in 1-2 hours at his garage but is not a specialist just an everyday do anything kind of guy so i'm sure a local garage would be able to do the same or take it back to the place that did the pedalbox anyway.

Hope this helps,

Phil