Hi,
Lets hope someone here can help me out,

I have a 1996 Scooby Legacy 2.0 none turbo. I've started to get movement in the steering, I have checked the track rod ends and found them to be good.

I have had friends help me, by holding the wheels and moved the steering wheel and I have a little play from left to right, about 1/2cm. When I look under the bonnet I can see the shaft for the steering moving a bit but no movement is being transferred to the wheels.

When I am on the motorway doing 70, sometimes the car will act as if I have moved the wheel left or right a bit (this can be dangerous) and the steering wheel has not been moved at all. this can also happen on bumpy roads.

Any help on this matter would be great, as after repairing the gearbox, renewing the clutch, doing drive gaters in the last month I'm running out of money and starting to think its time for a new car.

Thanks

 

have you checked the steering knuckle ? it was the same on my blobeye wrx and found out it was that and am now in the process of changing it for an sti one

 

Where the steering rack fixes to the subframe with a big bolt, that area on the subframe may be corroded that holds the captive nut. Take a look from under the car

 

Thanks for the quick reply, I'll have a look sometime this week when it stop raining, I hope its something as easy as that, if its not how hard will it be to replace the rack?

 

Hi, I got under the bonnet yesterday and checked the knuckle and I found it to be all good BUT ... Don't laugh, one of the bolts was loose, so I cracked out my 12mm spanner and got about 3 turns on it, and guess what... all sorted!!!
Thanks for the advice and help. I'm sure this is not the last you have heard from me with troubles.

 

nice easy fix for you mate