Help with LHD MK2 golf gt (not gti)

[NormanChadwick]

Hello there fellow golf owners this is my first post on this forum so please exuse me being a bit green.
Firstly my problem with my golf is when i'm driving on the motorway i get vibration throug my steering wheel at speed from 60mph onwards. Now i have got bbs rims the origional wheels for my car which have all been recently balanced, i have had this problem for some years now going through various sets of wheels. which is why i whent back to origionals by the way tyre size is 195/50/15. I also have had various mechanics check all my steering bushes and they tell me they are all fine. Now all I can guess is the freeplay i am getting in my steering wheel whilst at standstill it moves about 2cm left to right hope you know what I mean. If I need a new steering rack does anyone know where I can Locate on or get mine reconditiond I live in North London.

[mattneck(Beavis)]

might be the same probelm i have, where the allen head bolt below the indicator stalk works loose and causes a lot of play.. infact i need to nip mine once again! 

[golf mk2 tornado red]

hi pal i have this problem and im on standard bbs ra 15 inch. a friend told me which im not sure ov but will be explained on here is theres ment to be a allen key under a flap to adjust your rack (mine a new one)and its started doing this .so hopefully a good golf man/woman may help with this and sort us both out

im a mechanic just lol but on sick so ant been able to look

help us guys   and where to find this misterious allen key   ta   mark

 hope this helps pal   and welcome

[golf mk2 tornado red]

ha ah thats the one

 cheeky devil put a post befor me .i was typing this when you postsed this lol.

[NormanChadwick]

Thanks for the quick reply guys very much apprectiated. I have tryed thightening that alan head bolt under the indicator stalk but this does not help. Also when I refered to play I mean when you turn the steering wheel left to right just to clear any misunderstanding. I do find the ajust allen key under a flap to adjust your rack very promising I will check on monday when I get back to work for this allen keyhole. I will ask some of my mechanic mates who I work with also and if I get any Joy I will post results. By the way I am an Automotive Electrition and work on London Buses.

[rubjonny]

swap your rear wheels onto the front to rule out any issues with a buckled wheel

[DarnPB]

For anyone who owns LHD Golfs, I live in Spain and not far from the largest scrapyard in Europe. Should anyone need bits, I can see what I can find over here, time permitting and we can arrange payments and postage. I will not do this for profit, purely cost, (and a little for fuel if a special trip) so rest assured.

[NormanChadwick]

Ok so I have checked out my car today and I think I have sussed it out, there is a turnbuckle (U/J) type thing at the bottom of the steering colum which connects the colum to the rack I can see that there is alot of wear in this joint so I am going to go down german and swedish tommorow and hopefull they will have a replacement for me. I am not sure what the part is called so if anyone knows what it is could you let me know please.

[rubjonny]

just called a 'universal joint', GSF prob wont sell em so its scrappy hunting time.  Start with MK2 Jettas, or little 1.3s more likly to be in good nick

[clipperjay]

Its not just plain old warped brake discs causing this problem?