Steering wheel boss grinding noise

[jammy_basturd]

Anyone know what this might be?

Been a while since mine was on the road, and over time the car has been moved about and once or twice the steering wheel might have been used as a point on which the car was pushed or pulled.

Now the boss seems to grind slightly at various points in the rotation! I guess it's a case of take it apart and see what's broken or bent?

[C3BER]

Is it your power steering. Check the fluid level first.

[ukkid35]

The Nylon 'keeper' has popped out, you'll find a photo on one of my threads from 2 months ago.

[ukkid35]

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[jammy_basturd]

Awesome thanks.

That, and fixing the boot opening button are high on my list of jobs to do!

[ukkid35]

You jinxed me!

Headed out just now for the Peacock Farm Pub meet in Bracknell and mine popped out. Took me a while to realise that it must have been because I had to tap the steering UJ back on to the column.

So I headed back home after apologising to Dr G who I was about to pick up, and managed to fix it in about 30 mins. So I headed back out for the same thing to happen again. More apologies needed but now I'm a bit more worried, because I don't know why it happened a second time.

My plan now is to use a couple of cable ties to hold the nylon collar in place, and to to buy another collar as well just in case.

[ukkid35]

The cable tie seems to have worked, although I only drove to the Ace Cafe and back. Good to meet some other TVR owners too.