When I drained the swivel housings (and this took quite a while due to the
temperature and the thickness of the 85W140) the sludge that came out was a
milky brown/grey color. I looked up the steering box adjustment in the
green bible - looks pretty straightforward but if someone has the quick
tips/tricks to do this that would be great. I'll also take a look at the
other items mentioned and keep you posted.
>From: John Cranfield <john.cranfield@ns.sympatico.ca>
>Reply-To: lro@koan.team.net
>To: lro@koan.team.net
>Subject: Re: [lro] Stiff steering question...
>Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 09:42:33 -0400
>
>
>"Alan J. Richer" wrote:
> >
> > --- Robert Palmer <rbpalmer_nrt@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >
>
> >
> > The freeplay sounds like the steering box needs adjusting -
> > not a difficult thing to fix. Have a look in the Green
> > Bible for the procedure to do so, or ping back here and an
> > abbreviated version can be had.
> >
> > The non-return can be several things - the primary one
> > being alignment. If the toe-in isn't right then this can
> > happen.
> >
> > Considering, though, you mentioned that the car got stiff
> > to steer after sitting I'd suspect a frozen/rusty ball
> > joint in the steering linkage somewhere. If one of the ball
> > joints starts to lock up all sorts of lovely things can
> > happen, present symptoms included.
> >
> > Get on the steering bars with a pipe wrench or a big pair
> > of channel lock pliers and rock the bars - make sure the
> > balljoints are free. If any of them seem suspect then it's
> > time to dismount the tie rods and drag links and have a
> > look at the individual ball joints.
> >
> > ajr
> >
>
>In addition to the above, warm the vehicle in a shop over night and
>drain the swivels you may be surprised to see water run out. If this was
>frozen it will give the symptoms you discribe.
>John and Muddy
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