Steering a little bit loose
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Well, as the title says my steering is a little loose. When im going straight down the road i can wiggle the steering wheel and the car is still going straight. Not really sure what would fix this, but it seems to be getting worse. I deffinatly want to get this fixed before i take it down the track this summer. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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my is still like that after I did my header install when I moved the steering joints (dont' know what they are called ?) out of the way. I guess I didn't tighten it enough and its still like that, kind of annoying but I'm not going to touch it until I have work on other stuff under the car
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mines all stock (as i know of) i just bought the car last summer and havnt done anything to it except a Magnaflow CB. So im just guessing that something is getting worn out but not really sure where to start replacing parts.
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my is still like that after I did my header install when I moved the steering joints (dont' know what they are called ?) out of the way. I guess I didn't tighten it enough and its still like that, kind of annoying but I'm not going to touch it until I have work on other stuff under the car
You relocated the intermediate shaft and this changed the angles of the u joints in the shaft.
Have someone move the wheel back and forth and check to see if the u joints are binding.
Worth a shot and its free to do. I thought my intermediate shaft was messed up but I pulled it and it was tight as anything.
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The pinch bolts for that intermediate steering shaft have to be tight as hell. I use a 1/2 ratchet and tightened that puppy way past where I thought I should have to get rid of the slop.
If it's never been apart, then I would look at the tie rod ends for play.
If it's never been apart, then I would look at the tie rod ends for play.