My mate has a trade account at ECP, so he ordered me both the ball joints 18mm with power steering and 18mm without power steering, there is a difference in length, so I kept the longer one with power steering.
Got the car up on the ramp tonight after work, swapped the ball joint and it made no difference the wheel is still exactly the same and the feeling through the steering is the same to.
Had a good look round and a good going over all the bushes with a Pry bar and there is no play anywhere (wasn’t expecting any) as nearly everything is new the wishbone bushes are powerflex( the new design ones ) and so are the P bushes, nothing looks damaged or bent, the only thing I have not changed since i have owned the car is the strut top mounts, now I know the usual symptom for them is knocking when turning which I don’t have, I did notice that when the car was up in the air and if I turned the wheels from lock to lock by hand it felt quite notchy , but if one was worn or collapsed do you think that could cause the problems I have?
It is difficult to explain how the steering feels but it is similar to if your front tyres are really over inflated and the steering feels light, but only on the drivers side.
Cheers Titch
Got the car up on the ramp tonight after work, swapped the ball joint and it made no difference the wheel is still exactly the same and the feeling through the steering is the same to.
Had a good look round and a good going over all the bushes with a Pry bar and there is no play anywhere (wasn’t expecting any) as nearly everything is new the wishbone bushes are powerflex( the new design ones ) and so are the P bushes, nothing looks damaged or bent, the only thing I have not changed since i have owned the car is the strut top mounts, now I know the usual symptom for them is knocking when turning which I don’t have, I did notice that when the car was up in the air and if I turned the wheels from lock to lock by hand it felt quite notchy , but if one was worn or collapsed do you think that could cause the problems I have?
It is difficult to explain how the steering feels but it is similar to if your front tyres are really over inflated and the steering feels light, but only on the drivers side.
Cheers Titch