Jump to content
SAU Community

Weird Steering

smcqueen89

By smcqueen89,
in General Maintenance

 Share

Recommended Posts

smcqueen89 Collaborator

smcqueen89

Posted
Posted

ok guys

well since i got the car about 6 months ago my steering was very heavy.... it would stick ito place so if i was to turn right it would stat right even where i let go of the steering wheel.. kinda like of like the racing games that you can play at the pub.

when i went to the mechanic he noticed it when bring it for a drive and he says it is my suspention because it is real low i dont think this is the case though..

anyway over the last week i have notices that is i move the sterring where like 3 cm right and left there is play in it and it will not move the car even wen im goin like 100ks..

also when i am going slow or not moving at al if i sudenly jerk the steering wheel to the right or left lightly ( it doesnt have to be a hard jerk) it will have a kind of a "crunk" sound

i have thought maybe the power steering pump but it seems a bit more then that..

does anyone have any ideas what it could beor has this kind of thing happened before to any one?????

and plz can you try to make it has simple as possible as i am not very mechanical minded lol

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/371581-weird-steering/
Share on other sites
skylineunicorn Newbie

skylineunicorn

Posted
Posted

Sounds like you have a problem, i wouldnt like to hear a "crunk" sound coming from my car.

I'd suggest getting it checked by a professional tyre place & suspension place. I find that it helps to get a second opinion sometimes too if your not happy with what they tell you.

good luck

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/371581-weird-steering/#findComment-5929284
Share on other sites
drunkn snail Community Regular

drunkn snail

Posted
Posted

well i have found that the powersteering is leaking a lil and dint have any fluid in it i topped it up but it still dosnt come back inline wen i am turning

i am also interested as my 33 feels slow to come back round, although maybe its just how the cars designed?

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/371581-weird-steering/#findComment-5936336
Share on other sites
smcqueen89 Collaborator

smcqueen89

Posted
  • Author
Posted

well i talked to some one at the drags today with a r33 and he told me that his steering comes strait around again..... i do not no if i am just paranoyed now but the steering dosnt feel very responsive ever like if i have to take a sharp conner qiuck i have to jerk it alot harder then i should to get the same result i think i should be getting ... i took it to a tyre place todays he told me it wasnt wheel alinment that i thought it might off been so i think its time to the mechenic and over pricing lol

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/371581-weird-steering/#findComment-5936670
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing


  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • GTSBoy
      NC MX5

      By GTSBoy · Posted

      Does that German restaurant still exist in the old place out the NW end of Goulburn? When I say "out the NW end of"...I am really being vague. It was 1997 when I was last there, and the only point of reference I can recall is that it was on the opposite side of the main drag from the big merino. And when I say "opposite side of the main drag", I don't mean "on the main drag". It was either a couple of streets back from there, or might have even been out in the sticks a bit further. Was an old farm building or mill or somesuch. And when I say "the big merino" I might actually be thinking of a completely different part of town, because I just looked on maps and the big bugger is not where I remembered him to be! The food was good, consisting largely of various German mystery-meat sausage/loaf things and kartofflen.
    • GTSBoy
      R33 GTR running -9 with no tune

      By GTSBoy · Posted

      So while the second sentence is completely correct and the whole point of the conversation, the first sentence bears consideration. If this bloke is just hoping to throw big turbos on and drive it around, because there are no helpful facilities at all in his tropical paradise** then he likely has zero chance of even knowing what the TP is on the last column in the stock maps, let alone know whether the ECU is operating anywhere near it or past it. So the point is very very moot. And, per what I said before, at stock boost on those turbos, you may well be off the end of the map. **I'm just back from Vanuatu, so I know exactly what small Pacific nations can be like wrt paradise without requisite facilities. But it's not even that simple. I put a high flow on my car and had to drive it around with a proper tune because of the lack of opportunity*** to put the bigger AFM and injectors into it to allow it to be tuned. I had to turn the boost down to less than I had before, and back off the boost controller's ramp, because it was exploring parts of the map that it didn't drive in before, and really couldn't access for tuning on the dyno either, and so was pinging. It was still well within the last column, because when I first**** set up the Nistune on the Neo I rescaled all axes of the maps to give some more space to explore. ***Family dyno was broken ****This was 13 years ago, and the TIM thing wasn't a thing then and so TP would definitely grow when pushing past the stock tune's limits.
    • joshuaho96
      Squeaking clutch/throw out bearing

      By joshuaho96 · Posted

      Yep, this bit another local owner. I caught it before putting the transmission back into the car, what I noticed was the pressure plate fingers weren't flat and even. It's more obvious with the pull style clutch because the throwout bearing ring was visibly not flat once everything is put together. Nismo should really update their instructions to call out this specific detail. I'm not even sure the clutch as-shipped orients everything properly.
    • jayden_l33
      Squeaking clutch/throw out bearing

      By jayden_l33 · Posted

      It ended up being that orientation of the float hub in relation to the clutch disk, when I installed it, I heard a loud click and being stupid, I decided to not take it a part and check it. The hub didn't properly align with the clutch disk and was causing the issue. Definitely an odd one! Dahtone Racing was able to fix me right up, stand up blokes!      
    • joshuaho96
      R33 GTR running -9 with no tune

      By joshuaho96 · Posted

      Right, but I'm saying on the stock ECU measured airmass from the MAF is no higher than stock. So it's accounting for the higher flow rate iso-manifold pressure. You just have to keep turning down the boost until you're within the stock tune's load scale. If you run off the end there's no telling what will happen. This does mean there's zero benefit to the turbos you're running vs stock, if anything it's just a straight downgrade because the transient response is worse, you don't even get the ECU's boost solenoid helping to pull the wastegate closed during initial spool, and peak power is only whatever the factory map can give you before you hit the R&R corner. On a -9 I would bet that you would have to change out the wastegate spring once you have a real ECU and you're tuning it for real. I'm not saying this is a remotely ideal state of affairs, it's just a way to keep it driveable until you can get a proper tune done.
×
×
  • Create New...