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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: javalin on 06 March 2011, 16:05
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Hello,
Changed wishbone bushes and anti-roll bar bushes - somewhere in the large amount of kicking with the subframe lowered to get things free I've broken the steering. The steering wheel spins now freely - sounds like its come out of the steering rack somewhere/somehow?
Simple fix, or......?
Help appreciated...!!
James
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My guess is that it has come apart at the uj, check under the rubber boot in the engine bay and under the dash.
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ok ta - job for another day though. Knackered now.
J
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UJ disconnected as already stated.
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ok - sounds not disasterous. Can the UJ just be popped back together? Do I need to lower the subframe again?
Ta
James
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ok - sounds not disasterous. Can the UJ just be popped back together? Do I need to lower the subframe again?
Ta
James
Yes you may need to drop the subframe again :smiley:
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ok thanks.
Anybody done a write up, or any pictures of steering related bits under the bonnet? Searched and googled but no particular joy.
Ta muchly,
James
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i would undo the column and pull it out a bit rather than dropping the subframe.
you have 3 fixing points, bolt thru the uj holding it to the rack, another bolt thru the uj holding it to the bottom of the column, and also the column is in 2 halves so it could have come undone there in the middle somewhere.
start inside the car as its less dirty :grin:
take out the dasdh undertray and spin the wheel while you watch the uj,. if you need to pull the column out a bit undo the stalk plugs and the bolt holding the ign lock housing to the outer column tubing. its a shear bolt but i bet its loose anyway!
then if the uj is still attached to the column you need to undo and remove the nut & bolt holding it on and the uj will pop out.
you may even have split the column in the middle where it telescopes in the event of an accident, but i dont think that will have happened
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Thanks rubJonny - useful information. Will check it out tonight/tomorrow.
James
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yup - RubJonny was spot on....
Took the steering column panels off and....
(http://javalins.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/broken_steering_1.jpg)
http://javalins.wordpress.com/2011/03/07/mk3-golf-front-bushes-part-2/ (http://javalins.wordpress.com/2011/03/07/mk3-golf-front-bushes-part-2/)
James
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nice easy fix then :)
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right. Steering fixed. And now the dash clock (etc) has reset and the airbag light is on. Need to scan it for the airbag code. I wouldn't have thought that Id pulled the column enough to upset the electrical connectors?
dash appears to work now, bar scraping noise from behind steering wheel.
edit -> VCDS shows code as:
00588 - Airbag Igniter; Driver Side (N95)
32-00 - Resistance too High
VW have it on Friday to do alignment/tracking stuff - so they can sort it then.... Don't like playing with airbags. I like the warning in RossTech...
When "Short to positive" or "Short to ground" is found, DO NOT CLEAR THE DTC. This can cause the airbag to deploy. See repair manual for more information.
http://wiki.ross-tech.com/wiki/index.php/00588 (http://wiki.ross-tech.com/wiki/index.php/00588)
James