didn't do anything to my car....
but did fix a steering issue in the grandies KIA Cerato yesterday arvo
Last weekend she came around and said the steering was not working well, had slack. noisy too
like when you turned the wheel off centre (either way) it had slackness and then went clunk.... then clang
yeah... sounds serious so I took it around the block and it went clunk...clang (sorta metal hitting metal clang)
so
first... what sort of steering? Kia used on the Cerato manual steering( like VB Commodores) and power steering
...2 types when I dug out the KIA TIS I had for this, both hydraulic (like lots of cars) and electric.. column based assist.
(not rack based like VF Commodore)
so her Cerato?... had to be the more difficult of them didn't it! Electric column based assist... and nothing much in the
KIA factory TIS except how to replace the whole column. Ouch.. that will be exxie and also 1/2 the dash out to do it
went and spoke to my mate Matt, spare parts guru on KIA at a local dealership and he said...common!
like this is common, a fault that needs the whole column replaced?
Naaah... he says KIA have released an accessory to fix this (it turns out they had to do this as the fault is common)
becuase the power steering servo motor on the column in the official parts listing is 'NSS'- not separately service (in parts land speak)
and
yes, there is a service bulletin that comes with that part, that explains how to spend about 4 hours of your time fixing a clunk and
a clang in their power steering . And no, NOT the whole dash out nor the column as it turns (although they do recommend that for ease of
alignment of the steering sensor)
So yes, it is done.. no clunk or clang and 4 hours under a dash
pic shows what you have to get to (red arrow points at servo motor involved)
and inside it all? is the servo motor gear drive insulator. New versus used original. $9 of grief ! No wonder it went & allowed the gears to clang
