hodaz 0 Posted February 23, 2010 Hi guys, Carrying on with my Corrado "rolling project" I'm finally starting to get the steering sorted. This weekend I fitted coilovers with new top mounts (old top mounts were totally knackered) and was hoping this would help but its still as bad as ever. Now I haven't yet went and got the wheel alignment/camber redone which obviously wont help matters. My main issue is just how vague the steering feels, I've noticed that if I grab the steering wheel I can actually move it around a fair bit (when locked in obviously) does this suggest a badly worn rack or is ths normal for an adjustable rack? Also when turning the steering feels very very light, just not precise at all. There is also a bit of a clicking noise on full lock - outer CV's? Jacked up the wheels don't really have any movement in them, apart from a little on the top mount since there is no load. Thanks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
herisites 0 Posted February 23, 2010 Clicking coming from the wheels on full lock could well be the outer CV's gone. Tbh until you get the tracking etc done there's no saying what could be causing the dodgy steering as tracking is a main cause! Have you renewed bushes and ball joints? These are worth doing and will make the car more planted and give more 'feel' back in to the steering. A sign that the rack is going is usually the steering feeling heavy one way and light the other. Fitting a non-adjustable steering column will take out a lot of play in the steering, I need to do this to mine next!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Album56 0 Posted February 23, 2010 Got the steering geometry checked by the local Tyre shop which "specialises" in geometry/alignment with a Hunter rig. You get before & after printouts & what a difference it made. Completely nicer car afterwards, just felt so planted & secure at any speed & that was after the main dealer had replaced front hub bearings & kept car another day to " set the geometry". Seems even small adjustments can make a noticeable difference Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hodaz 0 Posted February 23, 2010 Clicking coming from the wheels on full lock could well be the outer CV's gone. Tbh until you get the tracking etc done there's no saying what could be causing the dodgy steering as tracking is a main cause! Have you renewed bushes and ball joints? These are worth doing and will make the car more planted and give more 'feel' back in to the steering. A sign that the rack is going is usually the steering feeling heavy one way and light the other. Fitting a non-adjustable steering column will take out a lot of play in the steering, I need to do this to mine next!! I was hoping to get away without doing the bushes and ball joints, but looks like I will have to. Usually I would change the ball joints and change the full suspension control arm when I fit new coilovers to my cars, but this Corrado has cost me so much already I was hoping to get away with it since they looked fairly new. The ball joints are only a year old but looking through the receipts I think there cheapy GSF one's. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hodaz 0 Posted February 24, 2010 Been to VW to get new ball joints but new control arms were very expensive. How difficult is it to fit new control arm bushes, was thinking of using Polybushes? Do I need a press to put them in the existing arm? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
