Tight Steering...What do you think?

[BrownCupra]

Hi people, I just thought I would ask the question to rack your brains...

I parked the old gal and she was fine, then when I come back to the car a hour later to drive away the steering had gone tight...you can go round bends without holding onto the steering wheel lol Ive checked the fluid levels and there fine, all I can see wrong is the of side rack boot is split.

What do you guys think could be wrong with it?

 

[GTV]

Power steering pump? belt?

 

[BrownCupra]

no mate the belt and pump are fine, its bloody frustrating! I had it tracked up a few weeks ago and i dont think the lad un twisted the rack gaitors and now one of them has split. I wouldnt have thought in that short space of time the rack would have gone faulty, would you?

 

[Fl@pper]

tight to turn or sort of holds in position ?

is it just around corners ?

just wondering if its the tracking itself ? took the guy 3 goes to do mine properly

 

[BrownCupra]

It holds in position...Like you can set it to 3 oclock and leave it there, get out, and it would go round in circles on its own all day long! lol

Im getting really fed up with the car and ive not had the thing for longer than a month lol

Years of dubs and the first seat I try gives me loads of head aches lol

 

[Novataken]

But when it's fixed. It will be the most exciting 5 minutes of your life

 

[Fl@pper]

get out, and it would go round in circles on its own all day long!

it does what ?

 

[BrownCupra]

But when it's fixed. It will be the most exciting 5 minutes of your life

lol ive been thinkin that... until the next problem! haha

You know when you turn the steering wheel to go round a bend, if you was to let go of the wheel half way round the bend the car would instantly go straight on... Mine doesnt, the steering wheel stays in the same position you left it, you get me mate?

 

[projectgingawar]

bad wheel allignment that mate, it happened on my old 8v after i clouted a curb! a lot of garages wheel alignment devices are not even properly calibrated anyway!

 

[SKOT]

Mine jus creeks and that dose my head in lol

 

[GTV]

Mine jus creeks and that dose my head in lol

lol mine does that too

 

[BrownCupra]

Ive fixed it!

Ive been and bought a pair of new steering rack gaitors, greased the rack and fitted the gaitor which was split and no more stupid steering... lol

Only thing that anoyed me was when I was tracking it up I noticed the passenger side gaitor was split! doh...

Good job they sold me a pair hey? I just need to do the same on the passenger side...

Im happy with it again now...

But for how long.......?