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ferr007
 Post subject: eb wagon grinding steering column
Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 9:47 pm 
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hey all

i have a grinding sound out of my steering column it sounds like its inside the car not in the engine bay and the steering is a little heavier than usual plus it feels like its catching on something sometimes

has anyone had this problem before what might it be

thankx all
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ToranaGuy
 Post subject: Re: eb wagon grinding steering column
Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 10:00 pm 
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ferr007 wrote:
hey all

i have a grinding sound out of my steering column it sounds like its inside the car not in the engine bay and the steering is a little heavier than usual plus it feels like its catching on something sometimes

has anyone had this problem before what might it be

thankx all



Yeah i have. It ended up being the bearings in the column, they died & were grinding up into nothing. Steering got very heavy when they finally collapsed. I have a pic of the bottom of the column when i pulled it from the car, nothing of the bearing was left. Pic is in my build thread.

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Swap in a good column quick smart!

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ferr007
 Post subject: Re: eb wagon grinding steering column
Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 10:28 pm 
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yea i thought it might be something like that ok does anyone near sydney have a decent steering column have to go looking now

thanks for all your help
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ToranaGuy
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Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 12:02 am 
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ferr007 wrote:
yea i thought it might be something like that ok does anyone near sydney have a decent steering column have to go looking now

thanks for all your help


Your welcome for the help, good luck with getting another column! I was quoted $65 from the wreckers for my EB one, but i had a spare in the shed, so i ended up using the spare.

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