Re: [DML] Re: Squirrly steering

["Christopher Hawes" <chris@xxxx>]

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
>