corsa c steering

[whitewolf]

hey..

I have the dreaded left hand pull... no matter what I do to her she always ends up pulling left..

had from brand new - replaced the passenger wishbone (1 year ago approx)
replaced both track rod ends - approx 2 months ago

had it tracked no end of times..

starting to get to point where I just dont know what to do anymore...

had front end up on stands and did the wheel lock to lock and cant feel anything with the rack (common problem)

had a look at the steering torque sensor.. http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/other-mechanical-el...

but not got there as yet..

help

[iain_thornton]

hmm
all I can say is steering rack, I'm sorry to say

what miles?how long has it been occurring?

[whitewolf]

I've had it from brand new, its done 76k miles and been doing this for about 2 maybe 3 years, I just lived with it.

I think maybe it is the rack after all, but tbh I dont mind this.. I can do it myself and my dad or mate to help me, 3 hours the book says but can take mt time over a weekend.

Not badly priced on ebay etc with warrenty, which tbh probably means more then Vauxhalls own (they do anything to get out of paying for anything)

[neiljohnson]

It will be gthe power steering motor & ecu (inc torque sensor) comes as a columnn, its mega common & vx have been battered by watchdog for it so they may sort it for you worth a try anyway

If they wriggle out of it then you can get recon units that are cheaper than new

[whitewolf]

you reckon its worth going in and mentioning the watchdog thing to them and see what they reckon??

I kinda wish I'd just know whic hthe problem is.. wheather its rack or column.. so i can get it sorted..

[neiljohnson]

whitewolf said:

you reckon its worth going in and mentioning the watchdog thing to them and see what they reckon??

I kinda wish I'd just know whic hthe problem is.. wheather its rack or column.. so i can get it sorted..

Wont be the rack they are just a normal manuel one so very simple the power assistance is done by the motor on the column & it will be this that is knackered.

Worth an email to vx customer service as quite often they will give you a ref to quote to a dealer that means you wont have to pay for them to check it out ref a poss goodwill payment

[whitewolf]

ah cheers neil, hopefully this may help fix my car or atleast point me in the right direction to fixing it myslef

[whitewolf]

hey, popped along to VX and got teh usual garble about how they'd have to chekc it and that'll cost this that and the other etc..

Anyway, I was at the scrappy yesterday and talking to a guy who deals in cars, and very politly told me he's had a few like this and said he replaced everything on a corsa before and found it to be the column

My mate runs this scrappy for his dad and have been friends sinceI could first drive.. god 8 years now lol

Anyway he said he'd do me a column for £90, so my next thought is to find out if the columns are the same from corsa c to corsa d (I know the igintion barrel is in different place but the column might be the same) and if they are get a column from a corsa D and fit my anc parts to this and hopefully fitx my car for good, also hoping thatthe newer columns of the corsa D have had better parts fitted and not break again..

If not, another corsa c column it is but try and find the newest with lowest mileage and have a stab at that.. I dont fancy having VX pull down my pants and have their wicked way with me

[vxah]

Dont bother with the Corsa d column as its noyhing like! Best bet might be a company called BBA remanufacturing? A recon column is reasonable and will have a warranty....

[whitewolf]

glad you said that, saves me anymre hassle looking into it.

A few lads have recommended that compnay and some others, who do recon one and 'uprated' bits that 'fail'

Gonna have to look into it, rather glad now I only replaced 1 wishbone and not everything

[vxah]

I do know they changed the position of the front suspension lower swivel joint. You can see on any later Corsa b or Tigra that it has a "crank" in the joint and change to the strut.