Re: Squirrly steering

["hodakaguy" <hodakaguy@xxxx>]

Thats a good idea, While you are checking the body to frame bolts 
check all 10 of them. 8 out of the 10 needed tighting on mine when I 
checked them. Do a search for "Body Bolts" in the archives and you 
will be able to find where they are all located and the torque 
values. Tom Clouse
Vin# 01063

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Christopher Hawes" <chris@xxxx> 
wrote:
> I had a little of what you are describing when I first got my car. 
The
> wibbly wobbly drunken steering turned out to be that 205's not 195 
tyres
> were fitted on the front. The clunk when I turned around corners 
was due to
> the front body bolts being loose. If you open up the luggage 
compartment
> and lift the carpet edge you will see a couple of (13mm I think) 
bolts, one
> on each side of the luggage bay. I tightened them and the clunk
> disappeared...
> 
> Regards
> 
> Chris Hawes
> Vin 5255 UK
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "hodakaguy" <hodakaguy@xxxx>
> To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 3:58 PM
> Subject: [DML] Re: Squirrly steering
> 
> 
> > This may or may not be related but my car had the same feel in the
> > steering where it wanted to fall off to one side or the other. I 
was
> > also hearing a clunk sound from the right rear when turning once 
in a
> > while. When going down the highway you could wiggle the wheel 
back
> > and forth and it felt like the rear of the car was swaying back 
and
> > forth with the front. I Re-Tourqed my trailing arm bolts and 
found
> > the passenger side a little loose. The difference in steering was
> > amazing even though the bolt wasn't totally loose, now it tracks 
and
> > steers much better. While your there check the tourqe on all the
> > suspension components, I had a couple other bolts on the right 
rear
> > that wern't quite up to tourqe. Hope this helps. Tom Clouse
> >
> > Vin# 01063
> >