djbroadus Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 My steering is getting stuck when I turn to the left. It will be real tight until it kinda break loose back to the right, theres also alot of play in my steering as well. I havent been able to look into to it more with 10 inches of snow an 20 degrees the last week. Any suggestions would be good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbchux Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 sounds exactly like when the u-joints on my loyale steering shaft was binding. although it would do it both ways. how are your tie rod boots? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken_B Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 Cant give any insight to the problem but IIRC Yank A Part down near Poulsbo has an EA81 wagon with all the front end parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoorManzImpreza Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 sounds exactly like when the u-joints on my loyale steering shaft was binding. Although it would do it both ways. How are your tie rod boots? +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAP Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 My '78 brat did that, it's been parked for a while. Will be interested to see how this works out. Mine did it sporadically,someone here a long time ago thought the shaft or where it goes into the pinion might be binding on something. Is your rig lifted? dave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monstaru Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 betting on rag joint if it has one..........?the rack itself would be sucking in moisture one way and not the other in the case of rack woes.......... the tie rid ends could be bent in one direction, but would not necessarily be pulling or pushing hard in one direction as it would be seen in driving straight and not just turning yeah? or overextending in the rack itself,past a gear or so.....then coming back in.? power or not?cheers, brain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djbroadus Posted December 23, 2008 Author Share Posted December 23, 2008 Yes it is lifted, not so much pulling or pushing while going straight. It will only hold up tight going left an then almost pop back when going back to the right like it is hung up. There is no power steering. Other wise there is just a lot of play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAP Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 Sounds similar to my symptoms. It was hard to diagnose because, it would happen going down the road, no passenger to look while I stayed in the drivers seat... dead in the water in traffic until I muscled it back into place. If I jacked up the front and turned the steering, it wouldn't do it. I did the replcement method and redid the inners, outers (tierods) and the steering rack. Like others I suspect the rag joint, or steering extention, or maybe it is hanging up while in rotation somewhere. I lost favor of that rig and parked it, since I had bought another brat and just drove it instead. Guess I need to get off my duff and revive the old brat, and take a new fresher look at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monstaru Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 what happened with this?cheers, brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djbroadus Posted December 27, 2008 Author Share Posted December 27, 2008 Still doing it, i have upgraded to 20 inches of snow here in shelton, but my dad has a shop so we'll pull it in tomorrow an take a gander. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAP Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Any updates? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djbroadus Posted March 11, 2009 Author Share Posted March 11, 2009 Loose U Joint!!!!!! Sorry I am not here as much these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivantruckman Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 loyals have a small u joint inside , under the dash. i have had 3 of them fail on me, different cars of course. the center pin shaft gets caught on the side and it binds. ill get a pic today . and try to post it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wentz912 Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Any word on this yet? My 86 does almost the same thing, gets REALLY hard to turn at the same amount of rotation to the right or left of center. Airing up the tires a bit helped, but its still really tough. And this is a SERIOUS damper on rally-ability of my super scoob. FYI, mines also Manual Steering and the column moves up and down within with little pressure applied to the wheel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivantruckman Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 FYI, mines also Manual Steering and the column moves up and down within with little pressure applied to the wheel. you first u joint on the steering column is probably binding, look under the dash and check , if you can move the column up and down it may be binding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bicycle_ben Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 ive got an 81 wagon and the steering feels fine when you are making shallow turns. when i make a sharp turn it turns into the corner fine, it just sticks once its turned. when its sitting on snow, gravel or something else slippery the wheel turns back and forth just like id expect out of a little car with no power steering. it also feels free when the front is up on blocks. when making sharp turns on snow i also dont feel it stick so i think mine has something to do with the alignment of the tires causing them to bind when turned sharp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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