hi all,
4x4 saph handling pish,reckoned tca's put them on and cars worse alot of vibration through steering and vibration on right hand corners,hit a small bump it vibrates and steers it self,
even vibrates under braking and discs pads not old at all,2month maybe,
car has supposidly bayjoo springs,adj konis,6 degree stage 1 adrenaline beam with poly bushed outer trailing arm inner a rose joint,solid beam mounts,poly diff mount,strut braces front and rear,
mot tomorrow so see if it passes
but really sick fed up trying to sort this out and gets worse,the old cossie is loosing its appeal very rapidly!not one thing its another,sick of it
any help much appreciated before i burn it
cheers colin

 

If you have fully adjustable stuff like coilys adjusty tca's etc I would leave it to a place like Northampton Motorsport, speak to troy, I know it's trek for you, but they WILL find any problems.
tabetha

 

cheers tabetha,replaced the adjustable arms with standard tca's,would take it to some where to sort but probably fly of the road before i got there!lol
on dole now so heaps o time for a road trip!
see what happens tomorrow, if she fails so tempted just to throw the towel in,
enoughs enough
cheers colin

 

been out in her and strangness in steering and getting a crack now and again seem to feel it through steering wheel,just doesnt feel safe at all
cheers colin

 

ok,passed mot,tester got that crack noise wasnt sure if rack or driveshaft,he couldnt find anything wrong,hopefully change rack over weekend
cheers colin

 

where you getting your rack from col,i had a mission getting the right one.

 

Top strut bearings...?

 

check where the column passes through the floor,the plastic spacer can sometimes pop out making the steering vague.check the track rod ends are on the right side,they are sided,the steering uj under the abs unit/servo can seize up making the steering heavy and vague.im sure i have a good 4x4 steering joint and ford cossie tcas spare,if youre in the glens youre not too far to come pick them up if you want to try them.

 

new strut top bearings,but not convinced strut tops are sitting right,there poly might put standard ones back on,the strut tops do seem to move quite a bit when steering,up and down aswell as side to side,but they seem all tight,

kev,i got james from msd's steering rack

just a thought could it be the uj on the rack to steering wheel?is there just 1 uj there?

cheers colin

 

thanks might get back to you on that
checked that column bush seems fine,track rod ends are ok and sided correctly,new tca's on,going to go try check that uj,although when jacked up steering felt good

cheers colin

 

i think cos its close to the turbo it drys out and goes stiff.its not tioll its off you realise how stiff it is.not sure,but if its a bearing and its dry it will crack when moving.i would check that.its easy to take apart.the tcas should be ok if it passed the mot,they would have checked for play then.also,poly diff mounts cause a lot of vibration on the road and i think the solid mounted beam wont help things vibration wise.

 

lubed that uj up see how it goes,
all the vibration is through steering wheel,
when beam etc originally went on it was good,but something went wrong,lol
just heading down to arbroath in a bit
cheers colin

 

wheel balance out causes vibrations in the steering wheel

 

You checked your driveshafts mate, and is it lowered at all?

 

Stu was thinking the same,off side inner joint collapsed, gives a bell colin,will have a look with you

cheeRS stu

 

stu,wheres my bushes and trailing arms?tried to call you heaps of time but your phones never on or you have changed your number.

 

Could it be the two mounting bushes on the steering rack?

 

well think its sorted,
think new tca was slack in hub,
car does feel away better but now need wheel alignment done,giving it few days before i get that done,
cheers colin

 

Progrip col,2 hrs work 55 quid and spot on handling.

 

where are they kev?phone number?
only need front alignment really only tracking can be adjusted now,back was ok,i think?
did yours end up being move from last time set?
what did you get it all set to?
cheers colin

 

Bonnybridge col, 01324810111,set up to mike r's settings,mine had moved m8 yes.