E85/E86 Steering Problems (Solved)
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[ref]b19rak[/ref] He meant adjust it back 2-3 mm, as in, rotate it 2-3 mm in the opposite direction to your original 7 mm adjustment 
Well my steering didn't enjoy baking in 25 °C heat all day today, so it seems my adjustments haven't removed the issue. Guess I'll be employing the column drilling/greasing strategy as well when I can get round to it :?
Edit: I have since found that I had adjusted the wrong way. Looking up from the footwell (RHD car), rotating the adjustor anticlockwise makes the steering tighter, clockwise makes it looser. Some descriptions in this thread may be back-to-front.
Edit: I have since found that I had adjusted the wrong way. Looking up from the footwell (RHD car), rotating the adjustor anticlockwise makes the steering tighter, clockwise makes it looser. Some descriptions in this thread may be back-to-front.
simone1978
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hello I have a bmw z4 2.2 of the year 2004.
the steering begins to present the defect of: sticky steering.
or tried to adjust the ring to increase the clearance of approximately 10mm. powers increase again by 5 mm and reach the end of the ring.
for now I tried the car only in the yard. and I have not noticed differeze of weight of the steering wheel.
my steering was the fault, only on very hot days.
is the right way?
I would not like to have changed the car's characteristic and make it dangerous.
sorry but I use a translator from italy.
thank you
the steering begins to present the defect of: sticky steering.
or tried to adjust the ring to increase the clearance of approximately 10mm. powers increase again by 5 mm and reach the end of the ring.
for now I tried the car only in the yard. and I have not noticed differeze of weight of the steering wheel.
my steering was the fault, only on very hot days.
is the right way?
I would not like to have changed the car's characteristic and make it dangerous.
sorry but I use a translator from italy.
thank you
wonkydonkey said:
In my experience these fixes will work for a while but eventually the motor /ecu will give up .
in March 2015 my steering light came on had no sticky steering or any issues until then ,remove the motor and ecu sent it away and had it repaired for £500 with a 2 year warranty.
Refitted the motor steering worked but was sticky i added the grease nipple and greased the steering rack this helped about a year later steering notchy again done the ring adjustment everything was great until a very hot sunny day in may 2018 reversed out of work car parking space steering light on and no power steering by this stage i was ready to torch the car .
It wasnt my daily driver so i decided to take it off the road for 2 weeks and convert it to hydraulic steering and i have to say it was the best thing i ever done its now got proper power steering the way it should have been originally i would recommend this conversion to anyone first sign of motor /ecu issues .
Costs less than ecu repair and it a permanent fix
[ref]alane29[/ref] I don't doubt that this is by far the best solution. It's something I'll have to consider if the cheap/free approaches don't do the trick. I'd also consider fitting the column from a later E85/E86 that was built with the updated column.
In my experience these fixes will work for a while but eventually the motor /ecu will give up .
in March 2015 my steering light came on had no sticky steering or any issues until then ,remove the motor and ecu sent it away and had it repaired for £500 with a 2 year warranty.
Refitted the motor steering worked but was sticky i added the grease nipple and greased the steering rack this helped about a year later steering notchy again done the ring adjustment everything was great until a very hot sunny day in may 2018 reversed out of work car parking space steering light on and no power steering by this stage i was ready to torch the car .
It wasnt my daily driver so i decided to take it off the road for 2 weeks and convert it to hydraulic steering and i have to say it was the best thing i ever done its now got proper power steering the way it should have been originally i would recommend this conversion to anyone first sign of motor /ecu issues .
Costs less than ecu repair and it a permanent fix
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Did you manage to overcome the eps/abs/dsc light/issues?
I have considered doing this conversion to mine should it pack up, but its this bit that I have concerns over.
in March 2015 my steering light came on had no sticky steering or any issues until then ,remove the motor and ecu sent it away and had it repaired for £500 with a 2 year warranty.
Refitted the motor steering worked but was sticky i added the grease nipple and greased the steering rack this helped about a year later steering notchy again done the ring adjustment everything was great until a very hot sunny day in may 2018 reversed out of work car parking space steering light on and no power steering by this stage i was ready to torch the car .
It wasnt my daily driver so i decided to take it off the road for 2 weeks and convert it to hydraulic steering and i have to say it was the best thing i ever done its now got proper power steering the way it should have been originally i would recommend this conversion to anyone first sign of motor /ecu issues .
Costs less than ecu repair and it a permanent fix
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Did you manage to overcome the eps/abs/dsc light/issues?
I have considered doing this conversion to mine should it pack up, but its this bit that I have concerns over.
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Anonymous
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Great thread chaps, I'm going to sort mine at some point over the next couple of weeks.
When lying in the footwell looking up, which direction do you turn the ring to loosen it by 5mm?
When lying in the footwell looking up, which direction do you turn the ring to loosen it by 5mm?
MACK said:
My motor/ecu is still connected but the shaft has been removed so it does not interfere with the column.the traction control works the sport button works ,i did have an issue initially after putting it all back together i had the dreaded 3 lights traction break and another one cant remember but this was due to the steering angle sensor being out of calibration i re calibrated it and reset the lights using inpa /dis .
I was left with the steering light only this will never go out so i removed the cluster and removed the LED
As far as i know there is no other way of dealing with it and as i have an mot in a months time this would be a definite failure although the steering has no faults try explaining that to an mot tester .
alane29 said:
I'm curious how others approached this compared to myself! I assume you used a set of E46 pipes for the PS fluid, did you bother with the cooler or not? I have mine mounted behind the fan and honestly it seems fine, just a small bracket bolted to the bulkhead to hold it.
Joycey said:
Believe the E60 pump would work fine assuming the mount isn't blocked by anything. On the M54 it has a different pulley in the place of where the PS pump would sit, so I assume it's the same deal. Would require a longer belt as per the M54 too, for instance I'm using a belt off an E46 now.
Lines may or may not work without modifying, as I don't know the fittings of the E60 rack Vs E46. Might have to get hoses custom-made.
Might be a case of buying a second hand set of both E60 and E46 lines, finding out what fits where, keeping the metal unions and getting a hydraulics company to make up new lines to suit the required unions.
Certainly doable but a bit of a pain compared to the bolt on E46 parts for the M54 engined variant.
