Sticky Steering- how common

[JPB]

I've seem prices quoted of anything from £400 to £750 for a recon/repaired column, plus fitting. Its best to contact the likes of ecu testing etc direct to confirm this. All in all you can probably do a manual conversion or electric column repair for similar money. Do bear in mind though that the sticky steering now appears to have a quick cheap fix, it's the full column failure (ecu) that requires a replacement/recon. Even the column motor failure is a simple swap one in/out job.

As I said earlier the issues with the steering column appear to be rare, this is the most common of the three faults, but alot of sticky steering effected cars will have been repaired one way or another by now. The very rare ecu failure and even rarer motor failure are a bit more random and instant but alot of cars with dodgy parts will have been repaired by now. Mines a classic example of this where the car had a new column etc under it's original warranty. There was nothing in the history when I bought it to tell me this but i noticed the part numbers on mine were the later superceeded ones and a bit of digging with BMW etc confirmed it. If i hadnt been snooping with diagnostic equipment and noticed the part numbers and install dates I would still be none the wiser.

Wicked Mack thanks for the reply. That explains everything thoroughly.

[Joycey]

Most of these steering issues can be solved easily. I've sorted 3 z4's in the last few months with the same issue. Mine was wandering and two others had the sticky steering both of which were 2004/2005 z4 and one was an alpina. Mines a 2007 Coupe and still had it.

With some adjustments to the motor ring and some re-greasing all 3 Z4's have been fine since.

[JPB]

Sounds brilliant!

[Joycey]

That's the ring that can be adjusted (screw drive sticking out) all to the left is tight, to the right is loose.

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[JPB]

That's the ring that can be adjusted (screw drive sticking out) all to the left is tight, to the right is loose.

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Wow that's an amazing photo! Exactly what I need to see. Got a BMW specialist quoting £2500 for a new column and I'm unsure if they've done this many times before. You know of anyone who can do a good job at it without having to put a whole new column in?

[Joycey]

That's the ring that can be adjusted (screw drive sticking out) all to the left is tight, to the right is loose.

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Wow that's an amazing photo! Exactly what I need to see. Got a BMW specialist quoting £2500 for a new column and I'm unsure if they've done this many times before. You know of anyone who can do a good job at it without having to put a whole new column in?

We'll talk over PM bud.

Anyone needs any photos drop me a PM, I did this job at home so it can be done easily.

[atreyu1]

I have the same problem on a 2006 face lift car. I can understand the adjustment that the picture shows but at what points does the column need greasing?

[MACK]

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I have the same problem on a 2006 face lift car. I can understand the adjustment that the picture shows but where does the column need greasing?

I've just replied in your thread. .
The greasing is a separate fix to the adjustment option involving drilling a hole. The consensus now is the greasing isn't necessary just the adjustment fix which is easier anyway.

[Keekodog]

I think i suffer from this in my e86.
Is there a guide anywhere showing how its adjusted. Is the screw tightened or loosened?

[Monkeydonkeyratmagic]

It's tightening or loosened. It's not actually designed to remedy this issue. Most renault sports have this exact thing and it's there to either tighten or loosen the steering hence why some people say the problem comes back after a period of time, eventually you'll get to the end of it in the end and it won't go any further. Still it'll solve it for a long time.

[Joycey]

Here you go chaps have a read of a thread I did a while ago.

https://z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic.ph ... ues+solved

[atreyu1]

That's fantastic, thank you very much. I'll give this a try and hopefully the problem will go away. Although I think I'll wait for the weather to warm up a bit.

[Scott S]

I think there are varying degrees of it TBH. Never considered my 3.0 to have suffered from it, until I drove the 2.0 I have..

So a little adjustment (10 mins) and the steering on the 3.0 is much better!

Mike

Hi, mine has been doing it for about 6 months. Been putting it off, worried about the cost of it

[Marauder]

Heya, looking a 2003 2.5 to buy. Guy says it has sticky steering to the point where he doesn't trust others to drive it besides himself.. To get this totally and permanently resolved, how much am I realistically looking at?