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STEERING WHEEL FREE PLAY ON SJ413

Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2015 6:10 pm
by basil
Mine is about one and a half inch free play on the straight ahead position....more on full lock of course
is this about right
jim

Re: STEERING WHEEL FREE PLAY ON SJ413

Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2015 8:29 pm
by turbo-tom
You can get slight adjustment ontop of the box With the little grub screw just slacken the nut of first ;)

Re: STEERING WHEEL FREE PLAY ON SJ413

Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2015 10:21 pm
by donkeychomp
Yes you can adjust it a bit but they are all like that!

Re: STEERING WHEEL FREE PLAY ON SJ413

Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2015 6:27 am
by twiss
Have a look at the steering rag joint... get a friend to turn the steering while you look at it

Re: STEERING WHEEL FREE PLAY ON SJ413

Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2015 9:32 am
by basil
What and where is the Rag joint ????? i might know this under a different name ????
jim

Re: STEERING WHEEL FREE PLAY ON SJ413

Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2015 10:12 am
by Anton
The rag joint is a bit of rubbery material in the steering column designed to reduce the amount of vibration from the wheels that gets to your steering wheel. Your steering wheel is bolted to one side of it, then your steering box is bolted to the other side but rotated 90 degrees.

Essentially it's a flat disc in your steering that acts a bit like a bushing for your steering wheel.

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That pic is from a 'merican zook, ignore the fact that the steering is on the wrong side of the vehicle.

Re: STEERING WHEEL FREE PLAY ON SJ413

Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2015 10:50 am
by ScottieJ
If your rag joint isn't in very good health you can buy a poly one for a classic VW beetle, they are the same size :thumbup:

Re: STEERING WHEEL FREE PLAY ON SJ413

Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2015 6:05 pm
by twiss
Or you could buy a standard one from Suzuki
For the low price of only £1,000,000 +vat

Re: STEERING WHEEL FREE PLAY ON SJ413

Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2015 11:42 am
by basil
Anton wrote:The rag joint is a bit of rubbery material in the steering column designed to reduce the amount of vibration from the wheels that gets to your steering wheel. Your steering wheel is bolted to one side of it, then your steering box is bolted to the other side but rotated 90 degrees.

Essentially it's a flat disc in your steering that acts a bit like a bushing for your steering wheel.

Image

That pic is from a 'merican zook, ignore the fact that the steering is on the wrong side of the vehicle.
Okay had an idea it might be the flexible bit on the steering
thanks
jim