2008 STi steering problem. Gilroy area shop recommendations?
05-07-2014, 06:31 PM
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Car Info: 2008 White STi Hatch
Another Update:
The shop replaced the pump and the steering gear box with new factory tie rods and everything. The horrible vibration is gone, BUT there are still some shuddering when I turn the wheel relatively quickly with the car just sitting there with tires on the ground. It will also shudders when I do slow speed left or right turns with relatively quick steering inputs. Therefore, it's basically back to where I was BEFORE I started messing with the pump and before that horrible vibration happened. Only now it's worse because it didn't use to happen when the car is just standing or when I do right turns. It only happened when I did left turns previously.
so this is NOT over. I ask them to spend another day to look at other things like suspension or whatever, but I think they are also stumped at this point. They replaced everything in the steering system other than the lines. Could the hoses/lines be causing that? or Could it just be some left over air in the system that may magically go away after a few days?
Any other ideas? I am feeling more and more hopeless at this point.
The shop replaced the pump and the steering gear box with new factory tie rods and everything. The horrible vibration is gone, BUT there are still some shuddering when I turn the wheel relatively quickly with the car just sitting there with tires on the ground. It will also shudders when I do slow speed left or right turns with relatively quick steering inputs. Therefore, it's basically back to where I was BEFORE I started messing with the pump and before that horrible vibration happened. Only now it's worse because it didn't use to happen when the car is just standing or when I do right turns. It only happened when I did left turns previously.
so this is NOT over. I ask them to spend another day to look at other things like suspension or whatever, but I think they are also stumped at this point. They replaced everything in the steering system other than the lines. Could the hoses/lines be causing that? or Could it just be some left over air in the system that may magically go away after a few days?
Any other ideas? I am feeling more and more hopeless at this point.
05-15-2014, 10:46 AM
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Another Update:
The shop replaced the pump and the steering gear box with new factory tie rods and everything. The horrible vibration is gone, BUT there are still some shuddering when I turn the wheel relatively quickly with the car just sitting there with tires on the ground. It will also shudders when I do slow speed left or right turns with relatively quick steering inputs. Therefore, it's basically back to where I was BEFORE I started messing with the pump and before that horrible vibration happened. Only now it's worse because it didn't use to happen when the car is just standing or when I do right turns. It only happened when I did left turns previously.
so this is NOT over. I ask them to spend another day to look at other things like suspension or whatever, but I think they are also stumped at this point. They replaced everything in the steering system other than the lines. Could the hoses/lines be causing that? or Could it just be some left over air in the system that may magically go away after a few days?
Any other ideas? I am feeling more and more hopeless at this point.
The shop replaced the pump and the steering gear box with new factory tie rods and everything. The horrible vibration is gone, BUT there are still some shuddering when I turn the wheel relatively quickly with the car just sitting there with tires on the ground. It will also shudders when I do slow speed left or right turns with relatively quick steering inputs. Therefore, it's basically back to where I was BEFORE I started messing with the pump and before that horrible vibration happened. Only now it's worse because it didn't use to happen when the car is just standing or when I do right turns. It only happened when I did left turns previously.
so this is NOT over. I ask them to spend another day to look at other things like suspension or whatever, but I think they are also stumped at this point. They replaced everything in the steering system other than the lines. Could the hoses/lines be causing that? or Could it just be some left over air in the system that may magically go away after a few days?
Any other ideas? I am feeling more and more hopeless at this point.
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