bad steering in vp
trying to work out whats wrong with the steering in my VP ya hit bumps on the road and the steering goes mental really pissing me of i cant work out whats wrong Ive replaced the sway bar link bushes and the radius rod bushes the tie rod ends and ball joints seems fine no movement at all until you get it on the road then its all over the show any idea's let us now. cheers
steering rack then.
its hard to give you proper advice without much info, all you say is that it "goes mental" and "its all over the show".
sweet cheers bro i checked the steering rack all seems good wheels respond good when turning the wheel no slop in the steering wheel itself everything seems firm until i get it on the road then its just a different picture it just goes from side to side like the wheels have got a mind of its own and steering is reel loose but yet again its all good underneath every thing seems good how would you recommend to check if the rack is all good
Have you checked the wheel alignment?
its due for a wheel alignment but it seems more major than that
does in shudder bad? when turning sharp to the point where the wheels are slipping
too much toe out will make it track like a bitch and if its low and got wide tyres on it its even worse.
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what wheels/tyres are you running? i had the same problem in my old vn and i was running VT SS'. pedders said they were the wrong offset (not sure if this is true or not), and also because they had wide tyres it put a lot more strain on the suspension. so i put on a set of stockies and the steering was a million times better after that. worth a shot of you're running big wheels!
yea when i turning full lock it feels like the front wheels are slipping bit they just wanna go there own way when going about 80ks goes left to right pretty badly hit bumps and throws ya on the other side of the road pretty quickly and steering loose and gotta fight against the wheel fair bit but everything seems firm under neath got under it and nothing seems loose when turning the wheel running 17ns on it but no better with stockies
Soft or worn Z bar bushes can make them track all over the road. I had this problems with one of my VNs and when I put new nolathane bushes in, it steered like a sensible car.
Another symptom of worn Z bar bushes is excessive front tyre wear
Problem is you really don't have any idea what you're dealing with until you at least know what's going on with the alignment though - you could have something bent that's getting it way out of whack, who knows...Originally Posted by punisher451
hey mate, sounds like you and me have the exact same problem. i have got my car checked out and pedders reckon my front lower control arm bushes are all scragged and my strut mount tops are cracked. so maybe just check out your strut tops (you can see them when you open up your bonnet) and just see if they look all worn and cracked. just a thought, good luck mate.
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