Sticky steering?

barillms · Nov 29, 2005

I just test drove a '93 Sport I'm interested in. It's sat on and off for the past year or so. It has this weird "Lump" in the steering? When turning the wheel it's gets tight, then back to normal, then back to tight? It does this in both directions. The seller tells me it wasn't like this before it sat... COULD THIS HAPPEN FROM SITTING? What could it be?

langer1 · Nov 29, 2005

barillms said:
I just test drove a '93 Sport I'm interested in. It's sat on and off for the past year or so. It has this weird "Lump" in the steering? When turning the wheel it's gets tight, then back to normal, then back to tight? It does this in both directions. The seller tells me it wasn't like this before it sat... COULD THIS HAPPEN FROM SITTING? What could it be?

Needs a good grease job.

barillms · Nov 29, 2005

Grease what?

sidriptide · Nov 29, 2005

might be the steering damper. if there's a rust "ring" where it sat for so long without the steerng being cycled it might be tearing up the seal each time it "bumps". my 90 XJ did that for a while when i first got it but it seemed to go away after a while.

foxwar71 · Nov 29, 2005

you may need a new intermediate steering shaft. mine did the same thing when i first got it and it went through almost the same story before i got it too. at first, i replaced the steering damper but it still remained until i realized that both u-joints on the steering shaft were shot.

lazyxj · Nov 29, 2005

The steering box's preload adjuster may be too tight. If it gets tight when the steering wheel is in the straight ahead position and looser when turned to either side, this may be your problem.

Sticky steering?

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