Hi All,
I will try and explain this in laymans terms and hope it makes sense.(I have limited mechanical experience so excuse my ignorance, but I’m trying to learn!)
2004 Honda HRV V-TEC, 60K on the clock.
I know the HRV steering is very light, still getting used to it compared to the old car.
Anyway the steering is fine 90% of the time but when turning right on roundabouts when the steering wheel is say 3/4 turned to full lock it feels like a ‘force’ tries to pull the wheel back round the opposite way for a split second then goes away.
If i accelerate it ‘seems’ to get worse, it’s not a knocking, more of a ‘feeling’ through the wheel!
It’s hard to explain sorry,
I have checked..
1 – jacked up and both front wheels rocked side to side and there is NO play. That is… all ive done is rock the wheel with one hand and cannot feel play in tierods/bars
2 – Both front tyres have about 5mm of even depth left, both tyres same make and have correct PSI
3 – Both wheels taken off and no sign of any cracks/splits on pipes.
4 – Seems to be plenty of life left in the pads from what i can see
5 – Power steering reservior fluid is at the specified level.
6 – I have looked under the drivers footwell and inspected the steering column and from my very basic experience everything that i can see seems in order, tight etc.
7 – There is no vibration or juddering at all or that horrible grinding noise when the power steering is dry and the steering rack is on the way out (as happened on an old ford fiesta)
8 – One last point, when driving slowly in a straight line the steering wheel does move/turn quite a bit BEFORE the wheels actually move…
Thanks for any help, pointers!