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play in steering
Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:12 pm
by dervpower
ive got some play in my steering and a knocking at first i thought it was just track rod ends but now im not so sure think it might be further in the rack has anyone had problems with the rack? can you replace the inner arms like yuou could on a 405?
Re: play in steering
Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 9:07 pm
by dervpower
anyone????????
Re: play in steering
Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:03 pm
by mjb
Jack the front end up and have a good wiggle to see what's moving?
Re: play in steering
Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:05 pm
by dervpower
jacked it up tonight hoping itd just be track rod end but its not its in the rack is it a case of new rack or can you replace the track arm?
Re: play in steering
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 5:52 am
by steve_earwig
If you mean the track rod then Haynes says it's possible but you need a special tool.
Re: play in steering
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 9:33 am
by puggy
sounds like you gonna have to change the rack have a look on ebay
seen some quite cheap on there recently !!
Re: play in steering
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 1:18 pm
by dervpower
puggy wrote:sounds like you gonna have to change the rack have a look on ebay
seen some quite cheap on there recently !!
all the racks on ebay seem to be second hand with a short gurantee might have a go at changing the track rod may have to fashion a special tool,i did a search on the site regarding racks and there doesnt seem to have been much trouble with them
Re: play in steering
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 8:41 pm
by jameslxdt
the track rod is the ball joint on the end, that the hub sits on, the steering rod (the part you are on about) is a threaded rod which screws into the rack, but has a ball joint at the rack end, if its worn you get left - to - right play in the wheels
Re: play in steering
Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 10:27 am
by steve_earwig
's funny, I always assumed the track rod end (the bit on the hub end with the balljoint and the thread you wind in and out to adjust the toe settings) would be on the track rod and it's what I looked up in Haynes. Haynes has no mention of a "track arm" with regard to the steering rack (it does on the rear suspension), I thought that was more to do with worm and roller/nut set ups anyway. Unles it's a track control, erm, rod of course. I can't find anything about a steering arm tho, maybe I should stick to lawnmowers
Re: play in steering
Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 3:51 pm
by dervpower
its in the haynes its referred to as the track rod and the track rod end is the bit with the ball joint that fixed to the hub,people refer to these in different terms ie track rod end or tie rod end etc just different names for the same component
