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Title: steering getting caught on something?
Post by: spankyVR6 on 13 October 2006, 12:42
Last night I was coasting down a steep hill behind someone. The hill has a sharp left then right turn, and as I was steering round the right hander the steering felt to get stuck on something (not stuck hard just a bit more force needed than usual) then it seemed to pop past what ever it was stuck on and as it did I could feel it through the clutch pedal. It did it 2 more times whilst the clutch was down (getting fainter both times it did it), then when I took my foot off the clutch it seemed to stop and has not done it since :shocked:.  Anbody any ideas what it could be?
Cheers
Title: Re: steering getting caught on something?
Post by: rubjonny on 13 October 2006, 13:29
Check the rubber rack gaitors either side, make sure they arnt twisted :)
Title: Re: steering getting caught on something?
Post by: spankyVR6 on 13 October 2006, 14:07
Do you mean the rubber gaitors, where the track rods come out of the rack?
Title: Re: steering getting caught on something?
Post by: rubjonny on 13 October 2006, 14:13
I do indeed :)
I'm thinking they're getting sucked into the rack, which is not good!
Title: Re: steering getting caught on something?
Post by: spankyVR6 on 13 October 2006, 15:07
Nice one, I'll have a look at it tomorrow!! Cheers :wink:
Title: Re: steering getting caught on something?
Post by: irmscher on 20 October 2006, 01:18
you sure it wasn't a slipping P/S belt?  We had this a couple of weeks ago, got the belt changed and all is well...
Title: Re: steering getting caught on something?
Post by: spankyVR6 on 20 October 2006, 09:20
Quote from: irmscher on 20 October 2006, 01:18
you sure it wasn't a slipping P/S belt?  We had this a couple of weeks ago, got the belt changed and all is well...

Farely sure as it felt more of something stuck on something rather than it slipping, as I felt it through the clutch pedal. It did have a new belt on about 12 months ago!
It's not done it again since, so I'm putting it down to one of those things that happens once and once only, he says touching wood!!! :wink:
Title: Re: steering getting caught on something?
Post by: adyh on 20 October 2006, 16:01
Check you have enough fluid in , and arent loosing it , also i beleive that there are gaitors both ends of the steering rack , make sure you aren.t loosing oil and grease .
Title: Re: steering getting caught on something?
Post by: spankyVR6 on 20 October 2006, 16:55
Cheers. Full to max on fluid, and not loosing a drop, and both gaiters are are in top shape too!!
Title: Re: steering getting caught on something?
Post by: monkeyalan on 20 October 2006, 18:36
what rubjohnny said.

i had the same thing and thats what it was. knobend who did the tracking had twisted it all up in the rack.  :angry:
Title: Re: steering getting caught on something?
Post by: spankyVR6 on 27 October 2006, 18:42
On my way home tonight I had to brake hard and low and behold the steering started catching on something again, so I went round to my old man's so we could have a quick look. Thanks to less skin on my finger and a crushed nail, I found out what it is. The rubber boot on the steering column in the footwell, is connected to a plastic plate that mounts behind the clutch/brake pedal. the rubber had split off the plastic, so the top bit of the plastic (from the mounting plate) had been pushed in from the heavy braking, and when you push the clutch down this was doing the same thing, so one of the bolts on the column was catching on it. I pulled the plastic out of the way as a temporary measure, and will sort it tomorrow. :grin:

At least it will be cheap to fix :grin:
Title: Re: steering getting caught on something?
Post by: markmmc on 11 November 2006, 16:33
had the same problem,mine used to do it in the rain going round roundabouts.

changed all belts week ago nothing since,does the pump squeal on full lock.