Groan from steering

[z4all]

ok will give it a go! i'm pretty useless mechanically. and the z is a pain to jack up because I have to drive it up onto something for the jack to fit under the car lol

 

[Kingb4]

I have had a loose liner on another car in the past - it is usually pretty obvious if they are rubbing, as it tends to wear a mark in the liner very quickly..... So may be worth looking over the liners for a clean/worn spot.

 

[z4all]

The issue keeps coming back. I have been spraying the lube on and off, when I do it and immediately drive the steering is perfect and very smooth. After a while, the stiffness comes back and it feels worse than before. Could it be that the silicone spray I have is not the right one? Or so I need to use some other type of spray?

 

[z4all]

Can anyone help at all?

 

[TIGERPOOL87]

Is anyone in the west london area that could have a look for me? I have the same issue. Willing to pay of course, but not the extortionate prices the garages have quoted.

Thanks

 

[z4all]

My issue seems to have been solved. I hv no idea how. It just seemed to go away itself after I lubed loads of times. Maybe it just needed time to work its way in.

 

[firebobby]

Is anyone in the west london area that could have a look for me? I have the same issue. Willing to pay of course, but not the extortionate prices the garages have quoted.

Thanks

I'm up the M40 by junction 5 , we can have a go at spraying the joints to see if it works, it did on my car.

 

[TIGERPOOL87]

Is anyone in the west london area that could have a look for me? I have the same issue. Willing to pay of course, but not the extortionate prices the garages have quoted.

Thanks

I'm up the M40 by junction 5 , we can have a go at spraying the joints to see if it works, it did on my car.

Just sent you a private message. Thanks

 

[BigDaddy]

I’m thinking of lubing my steering. It doesn’t groan but is a bit heavy. Not sure if it’s normal for these cars or not to be honest.

Either way I’ve got some lithium grease and was going to spray that on the column and where it enters the rack. Didn’t want to use wd40 as that doesn’t give me confidence it will lubricate it long term. Is lithium grease a better bet?

 

[Joez4]

I used Bmw power steering rack grease and when I did the steering rack it seemed to match the grease that was in there, I also greased the steering column uj's and sprayed ptfe spray on the plastic collar where the column comes through the bulkhead this cured my groaning steering.

If your steering is heavy tho have a look at the various sticky steering threads on here and see if maybe that is your problem.

 

[enuff_zed]

I used Bmw power steering rack grease and when I did the steering rack it seemed to match the grease that was in there,

Tornado axle grease worked for me. 8)

 

[Joez4]

I used Bmw power steering rack grease and when I did the steering rack it seemed to match the grease that was in there,

Tornado axle grease worked for me. 8)

If it's good enough for one of the best fighter jets ever made then I'm sure it's good enough for one of the best roadsters too

 

[enuff_zed]

I used Bmw power steering rack grease and when I did the steering rack it seemed to match the grease that was in there,

Tornado axle grease worked for me. 8)

If it's good enough for one of the best fighter jets ever made then I'm sure it's good enough for one of the best roadsters too

Oh I wasn’t on the lightweight fighter one.
Interdictor Strike GR1 and GR4 mud-movers.

 

[Joez4]

Sorry you'll have to excuse my ignorance of calling it a fighter jet, just googled it, multi role combat aircraft it says, saw a gr4 go through the mach loop just before it retired very impressive

 

[enuff_zed]

Sorry you'll have to excuse my ignorance of calling it a fighter jet, just googled it, multi role combat aircraft it says, saw a gr4 go through the mach loop just before it retired very impressive

When my wife says I’m not listening I simply blame night shifts, sitting under a Tonka doing engine installation runs in full reheat about 6 feet from my head, simply because it was the only warm place to be.