Changing steering column UJs advice needed
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h in which case Raceproved will be getting a sBoth accessible from the drivers wheel arch, neither are in the car, although the one closest to the rack is better accessed below the F1 panel.
I've had them wear (dead spot when turning the wheel off centre) and seize as you've just described. But also had the square feeling because they may need a slight bit of fettling!! The UJ's are at such an angle the edges need to be filed down so they don't contact each other as they rotate, just the corners taken off.
Although that applies for new ones mainly, maybe yours have moved or not set right??
To replace the UJ's requires removing the steering shaft that connects them together. All four clamp bolts on the UJ's need to be removed, each UJ needs to be knocked away from each other to allow enough room to disjoint the steering shaft out of the end of one of the UJ's. Takes a bit of time but best advise is to use a wedge to open the UJ clamps up a bit to let the shaft come out easier.
Do it yourself, where the fun in paying someone else....or am I just delusional!!
Rich.
I've had them wear (dead spot when turning the wheel off centre) and seize as you've just described. But also had the square feeling because they may need a slight bit of fettling!! The UJ's are at such an angle the edges need to be filed down so they don't contact each other as they rotate, just the corners taken off.
Although that applies for new ones mainly, maybe yours have moved or not set right??
To replace the UJ's requires removing the steering shaft that connects them together. All four clamp bolts on the UJ's need to be removed, each UJ needs to be knocked away from each other to allow enough room to disjoint the steering shaft out of the end of one of the UJ's. Takes a bit of time but best advise is to use a wedge to open the UJ clamps up a bit to let the shaft come out easier.
Do it yourself, where the fun in paying someone else....or am I just delusional!!
Rich.
Boosted Cerb said:
Both accessible from the drivers wheel arch, neither are in the car, although the one closest to the rack is better accessed below the F1 panel.
I've had them wear (dead spot when turning the wheel off centre) and seize as you've just described. But also had the square feeling because they may need a slight bit of fettling!! The UJ's are at such an angle the edges need to be filed down so they don't contact each other as they rotate, just the corners taken off.
Although that applies for new ones mainly, maybe yours have moved or not set right??
To replace the UJ's requires removing the steering shaft that connects them together. All four clamp bolts on the UJ's need to be removed, each UJ needs to be knocked away from each other to allow enough room to disjoint the steering shaft out of the end of one of the UJ's. Takes a bit of time but best advise is to use a wedge to open the UJ clamps up a bit to let the shaft come out easier.
Do it yourself, where the fun in paying someone else....or am I just delusional!!
Rich.
Agree with all of the above and easily a job for the amateur. One thing though, make sure you do them up TIGHT, even a little bit loose will give you a bit of "deadband" around the straight-ahead.I've had them wear (dead spot when turning the wheel off centre) and seize as you've just described. But also had the square feeling because they may need a slight bit of fettling!! The UJ's are at such an angle the edges need to be filed down so they don't contact each other as they rotate, just the corners taken off.
Although that applies for new ones mainly, maybe yours have moved or not set right??
To replace the UJ's requires removing the steering shaft that connects them together. All four clamp bolts on the UJ's need to be removed, each UJ needs to be knocked away from each other to allow enough room to disjoint the steering shaft out of the end of one of the UJ's. Takes a bit of time but best advise is to use a wedge to open the UJ clamps up a bit to let the shaft come out easier.
Do it yourself, where the fun in paying someone else....or am I just delusional!!
Rich.
Also for reference, the bolts need to line up with the cut outs on the shaft.
My UJs are binding, symptoms as described above. Questions: can they be fixed in situ or do they have to be removed? If the former (otherwise it'll be going to APM - hi Andy!) what is the best method? I was thinking front of car up, wd or gunk to clean them, spin steering, re-grease, repeat. Anyone done that? Thx
Dead easy. You want it in the air a few inches so you can move the steering wheel easily. Lather them up with penetrating oil thoroughly, quick scrub up with a wire brush all round the joints then rinse of with more pen oil. Repeat until they free up and the cover them in thick grease and work them to an fro until its found its way into the joints. I then wrapped a plastic bag around them with some cable ties to keep the muck out of them. Also worth a bit of time cleaning up the joint where the steering shaft goes into the rack, that was also grotty and dragging a bit. Not a garage job really, bit easier with the wheel off on the drivers side.
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