Steering

saggiemaggie7 · Post by **saggiemaggie7** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 3:54 pm

allwas working fine unitl i went to get in my car yesterday and for some reason my weel was turning but my weels wernt i have managed to fix my steering weel however now my weels can now only turn to the right when i got to turn left ti just stops
any ideas what this can be

kie-1200sxi-shed · Post by **kie-1200sxi-shed** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 3:57 pm

not sure have u lookd under your car to see if nothink has snapped. get sum1 to turn the wheel while u look under car.

haydn1987 · Post by **haydn1987** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 7:30 pm

did you do something before this happened, I can't imagine the steering to just suddenly stop working.
What do you mean you fixed the steering wheel.
Do you have power steering that could be faulty but the steering should still work just stiff.

Try jacking both front wheels up and turn the wheel see what happens with no wieght on them then grab each wheel and see if you can turn them with your hands they should be firm with no movement.

be carefull while jacking you should support with axle stands.

saggiemaggie7 · Post by **saggiemaggie7** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 9:00 pm

no i did nothing before this when i say the wheel broke i mean inside the steering wheel there are like little grooves which go onto the steering colum that also has little grooves on the grooves on my steering wheel were worn so had to replace the steering wheel when i did this for some reason i can no longer turn to the left 1 of my friends has ramps and axles so he is gonna come round tommoz and we are gonna have a look underneath the car.

this is confusing me alot as it was all working ok

haydn1987 · Post by **haydn1987** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 10:17 pm

OK I get you, the grooves are called splines they were worn so you replaced the wheel.
I'd gues your problem would still be in this area maybe splines are only catching on one side or the steering lock is damaged.
How did the splines get worn? they wouldnt just wear from normal use the steering wheel would have to be forced to damage them.

scotty cav turbo · Post by **scotty cav turbo** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 10:36 pm

haydn1987 wrote: How did the splines get worn?

Thats what i wanna know!! Never ever seen splines wear on a column.

Someone aint tried nicking it, have they?

saggiemaggie7 · Post by **saggiemaggie7** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 10:55 pm

yeh sombody attempted to steel it about 6 weeks ago they smashed the drivers side window snapped the windcreen wiper stork and smashed of all the housing around the wheel then attempted to hotwire it but was caught in the act never noticed anymore damage untill this maybe this could be linked

haydn1987 · Post by **haydn1987** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 11:04 pm

That makes more sense i'm realy sory to hear that happened to your car, my drivers door got bent outwards a while ago.
I'm guessing they were forcing the steering wheel around to snap the steering lock.
With yours being a 1994 it won't have an immobiliser and therefore much esier to steel.

I would take the steering column apart and have a look for more damage that you missed last time.

saggiemaggie7 · Post by **saggiemaggie7** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 11:14 pm

well gonna have a good look tommoz

danthemann · Post by **danthemann** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 12:33 am

yeh most likely thing is that they were damaged by them tryin to snap the steering lock.

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