Steering issue
#1
Steering issue
Hi all,
Your thoughts and ideas much appreciated here.
I have a 95 turbo AWD wagon that seems to be getting lighter on the steering by the day!
Every now and again I can turn the steering wheel with hardly any force at all! I know this just sounds like good power steering but at times it feels like I'm turning on ice!
A related issue is that when I'm making a long constant turn at anything over about 30mph (coming off of a motorway flyover for example) the steering wheels seems to twitch a fair bit until I straighten up. It gives me a slightly unsafe feeling as I sometimes find myself trying to counter-act the twitch from the wheel, resulting in slight pulling to the left or right.
Many thanks in advance,
Chris
Your thoughts and ideas much appreciated here.
I have a 95 turbo AWD wagon that seems to be getting lighter on the steering by the day!
Every now and again I can turn the steering wheel with hardly any force at all! I know this just sounds like good power steering but at times it feels like I'm turning on ice!
A related issue is that when I'm making a long constant turn at anything over about 30mph (coming off of a motorway flyover for example) the steering wheels seems to twitch a fair bit until I straighten up. It gives me a slightly unsafe feeling as I sometimes find myself trying to counter-act the twitch from the wheel, resulting in slight pulling to the left or right.
Many thanks in advance,
Chris
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Check your power steering fluid.. Its common for the O-ring at the bottom of the resevoir to leak.. My 95 started leaking last summer, so yours is probably due
#4
Thanks for your thoughts here.
Looking at the full service notes I had done in June last year it says "Replace power steering pump reservoir seal" so I assume that's the O-ring you're talking about.
Do these imprezas has servos for the power steering? If so does anyone have any knowledge about them playing up and causing the problems I describe?
Thanks again,
Chris
Looking at the full service notes I had done in June last year it says "Replace power steering pump reservoir seal" so I assume that's the O-ring you're talking about.
Do these imprezas has servos for the power steering? If so does anyone have any knowledge about them playing up and causing the problems I describe?
Thanks again,
Chris
#5
Somebody has mentioned something about an almost servicable part that can cause this effect. They called it a dogbone I think. Does that mean anything to anyone?
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