eprothe
Member
Hello,
The steering on my 110 Td5 went mad the other day...it suddenly developed a massive speed wobble at about 40mph.
I went for the easiest fault and checked the PAS fluid - imagine my surprise at finding it fully emulsified. "Ah ha," I thought, "pump failure." So, one new PAS pump later and a complete fluid change (my God, that's a messy job), I took it out for a test and b*gger me if wasn't just as bad. It turns out, after a proper look, one of my track-rod ends has failed - completely split boot and very lumpy movement.
I'll fit a new pair of ends tomorrow, but the failed one's only got about 2000 miles on it - surely even Britpart cr*p should last longer than that?
I'd be grateful for any thoughts on what the root cause might be here - I don't want to be going through track rod ends at this rate!
Thanks
The steering on my 110 Td5 went mad the other day...it suddenly developed a massive speed wobble at about 40mph.
I went for the easiest fault and checked the PAS fluid - imagine my surprise at finding it fully emulsified. "Ah ha," I thought, "pump failure." So, one new PAS pump later and a complete fluid change (my God, that's a messy job), I took it out for a test and b*gger me if wasn't just as bad. It turns out, after a proper look, one of my track-rod ends has failed - completely split boot and very lumpy movement.
I'll fit a new pair of ends tomorrow, but the failed one's only got about 2000 miles on it - surely even Britpart cr*p should last longer than that?
I'd be grateful for any thoughts on what the root cause might be here - I don't want to be going through track rod ends at this rate!
Thanks