anyone wanna let me have a drive of their 2wd sapphire, ,mine seems to feel a little skittish from the front end, I've had a good look and cant find anything obvious, want to know if its me being used to driving modern and the tight feeling this has,
drove mine for the first time in while and something just doesn't seem right !!

don't all jump at once

 

A couple of weeks ago when I was driving my 2wd Saff the steering did'nt feel right, i have had mine for nearly 24 years and you get used to how it feels. I knew something was wrong and took it in to Richard at Tremona Garage.He soon found the problem was the 2 fixing bolts on a new steering rack I had fitted a while back had somehow come loose. Tightened them up and lock tighted them and the car was back to normal! Not saying this is your problem but its something I would never have thought of.Steering coupler could be worth checking as well.

 

ok will give this a look, something just doesn't seem right and its just felt a little all over the place , maybe I just need to drive it more

 

I would advise that you do some checks, it could be something serious.If I had ignored the way my steering felt wrong I could have had a bad accident!!

 

Check the bush at the end of the column as well as the rubber coupling.

If the coupling is shot I believe the rubber from some landrovers can be used to repair it? Decent sierra ones are hard to find

 

When my steering coupling fell apart it was replaced with a new one with a poly bush, can't remember where i bought it may have been MSD?