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coasterburner Member Since: 03 Jan 2014 Location: Crewe Posts: 13 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Hi . My 2004 Vogue is unsteerable on tickover . It is overly stiff at 50 - 60 MPH on A roads . Call me old fashioned , but when I owned XJ6s in the early 1980s , the steering was featherlight at all speeds and you just got used to it . My P38 has no newfangled servotronic sh*te on it , but feels safe and solid at all speeds and in all conditions . My plan is to purchase a 12v to 9v reducer and plug it straight into the servotronic socket under the wheel arch . In theory , this should set the steering to the lighest setting at all times . Has anyone tried this already ? No amateur BS theories please . Realists only need reply .
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adigorn Member Since: 18 Mar 2010 Location: West Midlands/Birmingham Posts: 204 ![]() ![]() |
well documented here
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coasterburner Member Since: 03 Jan 2014 Location: Crewe Posts: 13 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
All that gets me is hundreds of pages of assorted rubbish with no thread ???????????? |
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stan Site Moderator Member Since: 13 Jul 2010 Location: a moderate moderated moderator moderating moderately in moderation Posts: 34982 ![]() ![]() |
i cant see you getting much help with that attitude |
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coasterburner Member Since: 03 Jan 2014 Location: Crewe Posts: 13 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
No attitude intended . Meant as a question . |
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coasterburner Member Since: 03 Jan 2014 Location: Crewe Posts: 13 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Been told today I'm being made redundant next Saturday . Perhaps a tad too bladdered to be posting . Sorry guys . |
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adigorn Member Since: 18 Mar 2010 Location: West Midlands/Birmingham Posts: 204 ![]() ![]() |
ok than
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steve9bug Member Since: 25 Aug 2013 Location: sunderland Posts: 356 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Mine was stiff when standing and ok on the move, i found the lower steering joint the problem a good few goes with wd40 and it got better then i put some light oil on steering a lot lighter now when standing on tickover. Also check your tyre pressure if they are low you will get stiffer steering at tickover.
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Gazellio @ Prestige Cars Member Since: 22 Jan 2010 Location: Chilterns, UK Posts: 11309 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
BCU & Servertronic valve are both under £100. |
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coasterburner Member Since: 03 Jan 2014 Location: Crewe Posts: 13 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Thanks for the good advice . Will lube the joint when (if) the rain stops . Also , £100 seems very cheap for a BCU ? |
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johnboyairey Member Since: 11 Jan 2013 Location: surrey Posts: 2032 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
still heavy steering....this might sound weird, but I had a good car till I fitted a dashcam, and used a piggyback fuse on I think fuse 41 in the glovebox. which I think said it was for the rain sensor. as I piggybacked it, sensor should still work. however on driving it, my steering was quite heavy, to the point I thought I had no fluid. (dashcam working etc) I did some initial power steering checks, and figured if I take out that piggyback fuse it might cure it, and it did. nothing in fusebox says it was connected to my steering system, but somehow it was.
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stan Site Moderator Member Since: 13 Jul 2010 Location: a moderate moderated moderator moderating moderately in moderation Posts: 34982 ![]() ![]() |
maybe the servotronic valve is wired to that fuse John.. ... - .- -.
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johnboyairey Member Since: 11 Jan 2013 Location: surrey Posts: 2032 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
I saw that the servotronic is labelled as a different fuse number, but it certainly affected the steering, I didn't notice it immediately, and didn't link the two together as it was a different day when I drove it.
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stan Site Moderator Member Since: 13 Jul 2010 Location: a moderate moderated moderator moderating moderately in moderation Posts: 34982 ![]() ![]() |
do you mean my dashcam?...if so ,i have it plugged in on my rse unit.. ... - .- -.
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