The steering wheel turns a few milimiters before the wheels start to turn. It feels as though there is a gap between the weels and the steering wheel. So the steering wheel moves a bit, and it's really light then, and then it hits something and the wheels start to move and the steering wheel gets heavy.


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Maybe needs alignment.

 

Sounds to me the chain is out of adjustment in the steering box.I know on older ones there was a nut with a allen head in the middle you could loosen the nut and tighten the bolt to take up the slack in the chain, and them retighten it.Im not sure what year yours is but it might not have this adjustment. someone else could chime in and know a more definate answer but I know they were adjustable

 

sounds like something is lose

 

check ur fluid level

 

Good to hear I'm not the only one who crashed his stang (The body's fine, left wheel and parts in the left steering linkage didn't fair so well). How'd ya do it, hit a curb? If you did hit a vehicle, please tell me it was a civic or a sunfire and you totalled it, that'll make me feel a lot happier. Good luck with getting parts, I have to wait almost a month for one of mine (ford has to actually physically make it) .

~orion6g

 

What a help?????Why bother posting that??

 

it was a Jetta and yes it was totaled, not so funny, I have to pay up the aXX for it in insurance, but your right it makes me feal better to hear other people got in a reck as well.

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Did you check out your parts list for a steering rack, like I said before in the '05 section?

There are pistons in your steering rack and when you get hit like that they will get all fuggered up and give you a bit of play in the wheel.

I had the exact same problem.

sorry, if you already answered me in '05 but i didn't look yet. [8D]

 

yeah, I went and asked for the parts list like you told me too. yeah, there was no sterring rack. But as soon as I make the mechanic driver it, he said it was the sterring rack, and he put one on order for me. thx lot's man

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