[whincup]

Chop wrote:

Sweet glad your pleased with them winny! keep paying them to do stuff to your car

http://www.auszookers.com/index.php?nam ... ic&t=14794

haha yes, that was my OME spring set, the reason i took it to pedders in the first place.

[monley]

Yeh it was not a big hole.

How do i know if it is a bent diff?

[alien]

bent diffs usually give you some racing camber on either one or both wheels =)

[monley]

I dont have that.

Any way my jimny is booked into Ian Diffan at he tyre factory at 11.30 today.

[gman]

the pitman arms are easily bent to another thing to check. good move taking it to a mechanic. If the only thing you can reconise is the underneath of you car.

[monley]

What is the pit man arm?


And got got it back they said nothing was bent.

But my wheels were out of blance big time.

[Joe]

Take it to a chassis alignment place and they will tell you what you have knocked out of place or bent

Edit: the pitman arm is the short little arm that comes from the steering box and joins to the steering arm

[monley]

Sounds costly!

I don't think it is any thing.

I think my RTC have moved.

[Joe]

monkey wrote:

Sounds costly!

I don't think it is any thing.

I think my RTC have moved.

Not that much, but if you have bent something they WILL be able to tell you whats wrong

[alien]

otherwise, get under there and take point to point measurements all down the chassis, then find a jimny in a carpark somewhere and do the same on that =)

you can do a bodgey wheel alignment this way also, measuring around the tyre to get it true.

for the RTC to move the bolts holding it on would have either bend or come undone - unlikely.

personally, if nothing came up with the tyre place checked over it, i'd take the wheel off and put it back on straight and carry on - but monitor tyre wear in case something is out of shape.

[atari4x4]

i'd say the sleeve on the RTC that holds the coil has moved, un bolt it & remove RTC then go for a test drive.

moving the steering wheel is a band aid fix.

[Joe]

alien wrote:

otherwise, get under there and take point to point measurements all down the chassis, then find a jimny in a carpark somewhere and do the same on that =)

you can do a bodgey wheel alignment this way also, measuring around the tyre to get it true.

for the RTC to move the bolts holding it on would have either bend or come undone - unlikely.

personally, if nothing came up with the tyre place checked over it, i'd take the wheel off and put it back on straight and carry on - but monitor tyre wear in case something is out of shape.

Airbag

[alien]

something else to consider could be the suspension has settled in and sagged a little changing the angle of the draglink, hence throwing the steering wheels centre position out.

[alien]

Joe wrote:

Airbag

ohhh- so what you're saying is he should film it while he does it? =P

[Joe]

alien wrote:

Joe wrote:

Airbag

ohhh- so what you're saying is he should film it while he does it? =P

Nah im pretty sure you can't get to the bolt with the airbag in the way

[monley]

I suspension has finfshed sagging since i put it in.

But my wheels are straight but my steering wheel is off but 5deg's?

[royce]

atari4x4 wrote:

i'd say the sleeve on the RTC that holds the coil has moved, un bolt it & remove RTC then go for a test drive.

moving the steering wheel is a band aid fix.

xVI

[alien]

but, that said, he should film it while he tries, right?

[monley]

Not sure.

what if i undone that clamp that comes of the steering colum (jsut past the firewall) to the steering box to straigten my steering wheel?

[royce]

monkey wrote:

Not sure.

what if i undone that clamp that comes of the steering colum (jsut past the firewall) to the steering box to straigten my steering wheel?

NO!!!!!!!!!!

moving that shit is just fucking dodgy, cause a whole heap of other shit will still be out of wack

[monley]

^^^What do i do then?

Fiddle with my RTC damper?

[royce]

pull the friggen thing off, go for a drive, see what happens, learn some patience

[monley]

I dont any patience. It took my a hour to put the f**ken thing on.HAHA

But i will do that in half hour.

[inbits]

Get it checked properly. Has the spline on the steering box or firewall slipped?
There are a number of things that could be wrong and you don't sound very mechanically minded so do what has been said and get it checked thoroughly.

Just straightening the wheel is a bad idea because you may have something very wrong

[monley]

inbits wrote:

Get it checked properly. Has the spline on the steering box or firewall slipped?
There are a number of things that could be wrong and you don't sound very mechanically minded so do what has been said and get it checked thoroughly.

Just straightening the wheel is a bad idea because you may have something very wrong

That's what i thought it would be.

How do i tell?

P.S.

I am normally very mechanically mided but im on holiday's

[atari4x4]

FFS, i call bullshit...

you claim you mechanically minded, but don't know what a pitman arm is.

[monley]

Not on cars you clown.

Im boily apprentice it's what i do and im only 17 and still learing my way around cars.

[alien]

monkey how old is your 80mm spring kit??? if its under 1yr old i bet that its settled in or sagged on your last trip out like i said above, and the draglink angle has changed, hence the wheel is crooked.

[royce]

alien wrote:

monkey how old is your 80mm spring kit??? if its under 1yr old i bet that its settled in or sagged on your last trip out like i said above, and the draglink angle has changed, hence the wheel is crooked.

so a pair of springs suddenly settle on one trip? I think not

[alien]

mine did the same only recently... all it took was one trip of bouncing around and the suspension flattened out some more which threw the wheel angle off. mine were a pair of leaves from a wrecker but in great condition - fitted them up and ride height was slightly higher, and i adjusted the wheel... then drove for a few days and it sagged a little, then went offroad and it completed its sagging - adjusted the wheel again and havent changed it since.

i don't see how its a far fetched idea that an 80mm spring kit hasnt dropped even 10mm and changed the geometry.