Important! : PAS not turning enough to the left on full lock????

1. LVC Frequent Poster Joined: Aug 2010 Le Mans, France Posts: 976 VTS, Hawkeye WRX, Def90 & Freelander HSE (ex-VTR)

   #1 19th March 2012, 19:35

   During the engine swap on the vTS I changed the rubber steering gaiter (undid the torx bolt form the end, took out the bolt, slid off the clamp - swapped the gaiter and put it back together) - however now the engine is in and running the steering wheel has dropped of it's central position and the front wheels turn much more to the right than to the left when on full lock. The car tracks straight (the steering wheel is 11-5 o'clock instead of 9-3 horizontal) and there's no judder or anything.
   
   It seems uneven - much more wheel/tyre visible when I go full lock right than full lock left.
   
   Why ?????????????
   
   Any ideas as to what I've messed up and how to fix it - thx
   
   Power steering pump seems to be working fine
2. tarzan Frequent Poster Joined: Apr 2010 Lurgan Posts: 767 2001 black saxo furio 2001 black saxo vts

   #2 19th March 2012, 19:41

   get yourself a hold of a haynes manual explains how to fix the exact problem. too much to write up ill try and scan it in for you

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3. LVC Frequent Poster Joined: Aug 2010 Le Mans, France Posts: 976 VTS, Hawkeye WRX, Def90 & Freelander HSE (ex-VTR)

   #3 19th March 2012, 19:45

   Got the manual but can't see where it refers to it - any idea of the page number
4. tarzan Frequent Poster Joined: Apr 2010 Lurgan Posts: 767 2001 black saxo furio 2001 black saxo vts

   #4 19th March 2012, 19:46

   page 10.13 -10.14 i scanned them two pages in for you there lol didnt know you had a manual

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5. LVC Frequent Poster Joined: Aug 2010 Le Mans, France Posts: 976 VTS, Hawkeye WRX, Def90 & Freelander HSE (ex-VTR)

   #5 19th March 2012, 19:59

   Thank you Sir - I understand the procedure and am sure that I can do something similar without taking the rack out - I think I'm only out by 1 1/2 turns which must have been whilst the clamp was off the rack - so logically if I remove the clamp again and turn the wheel 1 1/2 turns to the right it should centralise the steering wheel and re-clamping should sort the inequality on full lock (or not, lol).
   
   Will give it a go tomorrow - too dark to do it now.
6. LVC Frequent Poster Joined: Aug 2010 Le Mans, France Posts: 976 VTS, Hawkeye WRX, Def90 & Freelander HSE (ex-VTR)

   #6 20th March 2012, 13:52

   Problem Solved but not what we thought...
   
   Turns out that the rubber gaiter supplied was although the same length and diameter did not compress up as much as the old one thus stopping the bar going back far enough to provide full lock left.
   
   Very strange for this to have changed the central position of the steering wheel but I understand why I did not get decent lock on left. Either way happy to accept that that's what it was and have put the old one back with the split rotated to face the bulkhead (away from prying eyes of the MOT inspector).