Urgent problem

1. raul0 Established Member Joined: Apr 2009 Lincolnshire Posts: 1112 Wicked Red Furio

   #1 1st September 2010, 21:47

   Hi i was just checkin my tread on my tyres with my stepdad. What we did was i firstly took handbrake off and turned the wheels and locked them up so we could see the mark tht shows how much tread was left. Everything went ok but i need 2 front tyres as there getting low. Anyway i decided to go for a quick ride but as soon as i turned the steering wheel it was soo stiff i couldnt hardly turn it. My step dad said go for a quick ride see if it loosens i was a bit warey of this but did it anyway. I was going along and about a few corners later i thought this is crazy it couldnt even turn i had to actually put strengh into turning the wheel. Then i heard 2 bangs i had no idea where they came from so i stopped and looked round my car and underneath it to check if anything else was wrong but it seemed fine. So i went on struggling to turn corners this was only down the road btw no cars about. Anyway i was coming back home and the steering went from being dead stiff to really loose i was like wtf is going on. So now the steering seems looser then before or is that just me. My step dad after took the car out and said it seemed fine. What the heck is wrong with my car. I know it was to do with locking the wheels up when i was checking tread but i dnt know whats happend. I dont want to be going along around a corner and my steering to stiffen up again or i will be fucked. Many thanks
2. user_25927 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Aug 2008 East Devon Posts: 7472 Clio RS200 Cup, Twingo RS133, Triumph Street Tripl

   #2 1st September 2010, 21:50

   Dodgey PAS pump, sounds odd and dangerous frankley if i was you i would take it straight to a garage, no point risking it.
3. user_36198 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Aug 2009 ilkeston derbyshire Posts: 9823 C2 VTR stripped, 406hdi, clio 172

   #3 1st September 2010, 21:57

   either pas pump or if it locks wheels up then its more likely to be a cv joint intermittently locking, that'd explain the bangs you heard
4. raul0 Established Member Joined: Apr 2009 Lincolnshire Posts: 1112 Wicked Red Furio

   #4 1st September 2010, 22:08

   So what should i do?. It was fine before i locked the wheels up to check the tread but tht shouldnt of casued this problem surely. The only other thiing i can say is that my cars bin squealing for a while now. When i rev it it squeals.
5. user_39821 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Dec 2009 Uckfield, East Sussex Posts: 3362 Citroen saxo 1.4 furio

   #5 1st September 2010, 22:34

   CV joints would be a good call for the bangs. It could be something to do with the pas piston jamming and then freeing itself again. God knows. I would get it checked out
6. raul0 Established Member Joined: Apr 2009 Lincolnshire Posts: 1112 Wicked Red Furio

   #6 1st September 2010, 22:36

   This is going to be costly isnt it ? I was going to get a full servive do you think i should go to a garage first to get it checked out or would they find the problem while servicing it.
7. Danherring Infrequent Poster Joined: Sep 2010 Suffolk Posts: 114 MK2 VTR.

   #7 1st September 2010, 22:53

   i'd get it sorted a.s.a.p mate. like the guys above said sounds like a dodgy power steering pump.