Scottish Elises

hello all, dont know if its my imagination or not but my steering seems to have more "weight" when turning/steering right rather than left,...... when turning/steering left it seems so much "lighter" . i thought it was road camber at first, but after trying it on various roads, its not.....any ideas, ?

I had a problem only a few weeks ago. I had the balljoints changed, and the steering was back to normal. I paid only £8.00 ea from my local motorfactor. Ali has the tool to change them, and he done mine with no probs

haggis catcher wrote:I had a problem only a few weeks ago. I had the balljoints changed, and the steering was back to normal. I paid only £8.00 ea from my local motorfactor. Ali has the tool to change them, and he done mine with no probs

The ball joint police will be here soon!

i changed my ball joints and my steering has tightened - not sure if it has tightened or whether they were really really loose before!

sounds really obvious (sorry), but have you check your tyre pressures all round?

tyre pressures are ok all round.......42 front / 46 rear.





















HA HA HA AH AHA gotcha !!!!!!!!

Car stationary, foot OFF the brake, handbrake on (health & safety ).

Start with the wheels on full right lock.

Slowly turn all the way to the left and "feel" the weight of the steering.

Now slowly turn all the way back to the right and "feel" the weight in this direction.

If you get a trolley jack under the driver's side chassis rail (this is the front jacking point) and crank it right up, both front wheels will come off the ground.

Repeat the experiment, but as well as doing it slowly, move the wheel quickly and feel for any roughness.

Finally rotate the steering from each wheel, using the left and right edges of the road wheel. Again, you're checking for sticking (move it slowly) and roughness (move it quickly).

If you can feel nothing different left-to-right this way but you can feel it whilst driving I suspect you have got camber imbalance side-to-side or a sticking brake on one side (this will assist in going one way and hinder going the other way).

The other possibility is that the rear toe is out of whack and is driving the car left or right, thus assisting the steering one way and hindering it the other way.

Cheers,
Robin

Robin, Thanks, will get to that today. great instructions and well written by the way. thank you sir