[swifty_ano]

Ok so here's the sitch.

Yesterday i went to park my girl and the steering went hard. I turned the wheel a bit more and it went bang!!! Steering went soft again.

Was normal for a bit . Then happened another time and once again went normal.
Decided steering is something that needs to be done right so took it to a shop for a quick quote.
He turned the wheel a few times but it was normal. (As they always do)
I got down the road and it went hard in both directions. But now it won't return to normal.
I have about half an inch turning either way.
The car is pulling to the left and won't relieve itself.

I don't have power steering. It's a 1996 Suzuki vitara 1.6 jx

If I had a guess I would say steering box is frucked. But it seems to be turning the wheels?

[steak_knife]

Idler arm bracket???

[swifty_ano]

As in.....is it bent?

[steak_knife]

Get under & have a look, lh side chassis pail hold's the idler arm.

[swifty_ano]

Too me it looks ok. Maybe you can see something I can't

[Scrawny]

Get someone to steer it while you get underneath and have a look. Don't jack it up, keep the wheels loaded. If you don't have any joy I can take a look

[swifty_ano]

I got my partner to turn it and everything looks as it should. But it just gets to a point and stops :s

[buzbox]

Possibly the steering box. I once damaged mine wheeling, it had about half a turn of the steering wheel before it would actually turn. The drive home was rather interesting.

You might want to check the drag link and balljoints while your at it.

[stocker]

Steering Rack could have sharted itself?

[atari4x4]

stocker wrote:

Steering Rack could have sharted itself?

tis a steering box on the Vitara's, the GV's run a rack.

[swifty_ano]

I think I'm onto something. I have a snapped drivers side CV. When it goes hard my CV doesn't wobble. If I turn the wheel back and wiggle it around it will turn again.

So I think one half of the CV is pressing against my hub and stopping the wheel from turning

[Scrawny]

It's the broken bits binding up, needs replacing NOW

[stocker]

does it pull apart when you turn it the opposite way?

[swifty_ano]

Yeah it does. When i turn the opposite way the broken bit wiggle. When I turn the other way the broken bits bind and press together.

It's been like that for months but have never done this.

[swifty_ano]

Scrawn wrote:

It's the broken bits binding up, needs replacing NOW

I have the new one waiting. Was actually gonna do it this weekend.

[steak_knife]

Blueberry's for sale....

[swifty_ano]

Haha tempting. Very tempting!

My Suzuki hasn't let me down yet.