I've been meaning to address the steering in my HJ61 for a while. There are a few issues:
- when turning a corner. I feel I need to turn the steering wheel a little earlier than normal to get the car going in the right direction,
- sometimes when turning at slow speeds I feel a knocking through the steering wheel,
- there's a lot of play in the steering wheel itself,
- plus it's not aligned properly.
I've checked underneath, I definitely need to change the steering damper, if I push it with my hand the outer casing knocks against the inner piston. This could be the source of the knocking. Also the tie rod ends look in need of replacement as well.
Here's a video of me checking the steering column for play:
I'm pulling and pushing the steering column, should it make this noise knocking noise?
Any advice for an amateur troubleshooting these problems?
- when turning a corner. I feel I need to turn the steering wheel a little earlier than normal to get the car going in the right direction,
- sometimes when turning at slow speeds I feel a knocking through the steering wheel,
- there's a lot of play in the steering wheel itself,
- plus it's not aligned properly.
I've checked underneath, I definitely need to change the steering damper, if I push it with my hand the outer casing knocks against the inner piston. This could be the source of the knocking. Also the tie rod ends look in need of replacement as well.
Here's a video of me checking the steering column for play:
I'm pulling and pushing the steering column, should it make this noise knocking noise?
Any advice for an amateur troubleshooting these problems?