Everything's fine when I drive on the highways or even roads but when I go over the gravel or hit a patch of 'washboard'..my steering wheel kinds of 'flutters' and you can definitely feel freeplay.
I've searched the posts here and I kinda narrowed it down to a few things :-
1. Steering U-joints
2. steering rack bushings
Is there a way to pinpoint which one is the problem? I've gone as far as removing the bolts from the U-joints in an attempt to remove them myself to see if I can do it... but I'm stumped as to how to actually separate the u-joint from the intermediate shaft. I tried wedging a screwdriver into the gap to widen it but that's as far as I got....
Has anyone managed to replace their u-joints and mind sharing?
Thanks in advance.
Cheers!
I've searched the posts here and I kinda narrowed it down to a few things :-
1. Steering U-joints
2. steering rack bushings
Is there a way to pinpoint which one is the problem? I've gone as far as removing the bolts from the U-joints in an attempt to remove them myself to see if I can do it... but I'm stumped as to how to actually separate the u-joint from the intermediate shaft. I tried wedging a screwdriver into the gap to widen it but that's as far as I got....
Has anyone managed to replace their u-joints and mind sharing?
Thanks in advance.
Cheers!