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Aaron Thorburn
Tinkerer
auckland
v8

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Reg: 03-2007

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Tuesday, November 20, 2007 - 07:36 pm, by:  Aaron Thorburn (Azzabazza) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

after putting 18" deep dish rims on my soarer the steering wheel was a bit violent to the left hand side, i got a wheel alignment done and there is still play in the steering wheel, turning the steering wheel gently from side to side the front wheels dont move but the steering arm as seen in the engine bay is moving quite a bit, is there an easy fix to this?? Can anyone offer me any advice on this problem
thanks team
azza
Darryn Dewar
DieHard
Gisborne
UZZ30 Soarer

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Reg: 09-2005

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Tuesday, November 20, 2007 - 08:19 pm, by:  Darryn Dewar (Mrphreak) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I'm not answering this for a third time
Matthew Sharpe
Goo Roo
North Island
JZZ31

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Wednesday, November 21, 2007 - 10:00 am, by:  Matthew Sharpe (Madmatt) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Aww, go on, we love hearing it!
Nickel Quimada
TryHard
Western Australia
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Wednesday, November 21, 2007 - 03:29 pm, by:  Nickel Quimada (Pinoy) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Aaron, What the guys are trying to say from the other thread is that you will need to replace your steering rack bushes mate . Your next question maybe... Where can i purchase these bushes?

Darryn Dewar wrote on Tuesday, November 20, 2007 - 08:17 pm:

www.vftbushes.com




also refer to - http://v8soarer.com/airsuspension/index.shtml#Improving_Handling
Steering rack bushes

Worn steering rack bushes make the steering feel vague and disconnected, particularly around centre. Replacing these made a huge difference for me and is definitely recommended to be done along with the lower control arm bushes. When you think about how much effort a power steering rack must exert on the steering arm to turn some wide rubber in a carpark, it's no wonder these wear out.

Mine were so worn that successive alignments over the years had shifted the rack to one side. When the new bushes went on and the rack was repositioned to where it was meant to be, my steering wheel was off center by about 30 degrees. Apparently this is common as most Soarer's steering rack bushes are shot.

Much tighter and direct steering were immediately obvious as soon as I drove out of the driveway.

Both sets of bushes can be purchased from Andrew Vlamos at VFT Bushes.

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