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steering problem
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 11:21 am
by norcal pinz
at one point i had the steering completely disassembled when i drove it for the fist time recently the wheels wont turn all the way to the right but they do turn all the way to the left?
does that mean that i dint center the steering wheel correctly when i connected it ?
how do i find the middle before i connect it again ? thanks
Re: steering problem
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 12:09 pm
by undysworld
Haven't done it in a Pinz, but it's likely the same. Disconnect the tie rod, then turn the steering wheel fully one direction. Then turn it fully the other direction, counting the turns. Turn it back half as many turns, center the pivot in the tie rods, and then reconnect things.
Re: steering problem
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 2:55 pm
by norcal pinz
by tie rod you mean the big bolt that sticks out under the drivers side foot well right ?
Re: steering problem
Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 7:02 am
by undysworld
I think you're referring to the steering arm on the steering gearbox. It's attached to a steering-rod which attaches to the idler arm (which attaches to the two tie-rods out to the wheel drives). If I understood you, I'd disconnect the steering arm at the steering-rod end.
http://www.pinzgauer.com/parts.php?cat= ... view=05-05
Re: steering problem
Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2011 10:59 pm
by Twin Pinzies
undysworld wrote:Haven't done it in a Pinz, but it's likely the same. Disconnect the tie rod, then turn the steering wheel fully one direction. Then turn it fully the other direction, counting the turns. Turn it back half as many turns, center the pivot in the tie rods, and then reconnect things.
^^^ Yeah. What he said. ^^^