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370guy 01-15-2012 11:23 PM

Steering too light?? Need help!
 
So lately my steering on my Z feels really really light (way to easy to turn the wheel) the roads in my area are bad as well. Could something have broken? Or is my car out of alignment? It seems to just recently have started. Car suspension is stock btw

kenchan 01-16-2012 11:02 AM

if something was broken (steering pump) the steering will feel VERY HEAVY so i think you might be experiencing slicker roads from temperature or aligment needs adjustment.

fuct 01-16-2012 11:25 AM

old tires make the steering feel light too, just a thought.

vividracing 01-16-2012 12:40 PM

Usually a "light" feeling is associated with caster being out of spec. If it's not worn components or tires, then I'd have your alignment checked.

Red__Zed 01-16-2012 12:45 PM

I'd start with checking alignment

370guy 01-16-2012 04:05 PM

Made my appointment to have the car realigned Wednesday morning. Thanks for the help and I'll keep everyone updated

vividracing 01-16-2012 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by 370guy (Post 1492946)
Made my appointment to have the car realigned Wednesday morning. Thanks for the help and I'll keep everyone updated

Cool, let us know what they find. Like I said, check the caster.

370guy 02-05-2012 11:03 AM

Well I know this was a while ago but I hope some people read it and here's why. The steering began feeling light so I had the alignment checked. Everything was good and nothing was broken. Steering got worse and then BAM the steering lock went out. Well after waiting forever and driving a SWEET rental fiat haha I got the lock fixed under warranty and guess what?!?!? Steering is back to normal. Maybe the steering being light was a precursor to the lock failure? Who knows but others might want to watch out

Waffles 02-05-2012 11:42 AM

Thanks for the update, I'm glad you're back to normal now.

kenchan 02-05-2012 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by 370guy (Post 1527256)
Well I know this was a while ago but I hope some people read it and here's why. The steering began feeling light so I had the alignment checked. Everything was good and nothing was broken. Steering got worse and then BAM the steering lock went out. Well after waiting forever and driving a SWEET rental fiat haha I got the lock fixed under warranty and guess what?!?!? Steering is back to normal. Maybe the steering being light was a precursor to the lock failure? Who knows but others might want to watch out

huh, that's interesting, but not sure... is the steering lock circuit even related to the pump? :confused:

would your issue been fixed by doing a ECU reset?

370guy 02-05-2012 01:06 PM

Well I'm not sure of the technical aspects, it was just very odd timing. It got worse and worse then bam steering lock failure. After they put the new rev-d unit in and I picked it up, it was back to good old meaty steering I've come to enjoy from my Z. Could be coincidence I guess, but I had steering issues, unit went out, got replaced and everything was good again. The timing was just to weird for it to be chance and when they fixed it, everything went back to normal


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