jasper65 6 Posted October 12, 2007 Report Share Posted October 12, 2007 I have had about a Inch play in the steering wheel since I had the Motor, it didn't bother me at first but since I drove Millets which is perfect with no play I now have the arse about it . I was told by a guy that you can adjust play on the power steering box by turning a adjusting screw held by a lock nut as seen in the picture? the play is definitley in the box and no where else when I checked. to be Honest I don't want to touch anything to do with the steering without guidance first, can any Mechanics out there give me some advice? Cheers Jasper Quote Link to post Share on other sites
new2hunting 0 Posted October 12, 2007 Report Share Posted October 12, 2007 did you take a pic of your hand after this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jasper65 6 Posted October 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2007 Well spotted :secret: . spent the morning crawling over the car trying to find things to worry about ..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
new2hunting 0 Posted October 12, 2007 Report Share Posted October 12, 2007 you wanna see the cars i work on at collage all bits are loose and things not put on properly but they are scrapers anyway i would tell you how to fix it but not learned that much yet all the best Quote Link to post Share on other sites
donnyc 1,203 Posted October 12, 2007 Report Share Posted October 12, 2007 Slacken the outer locking nut then the inner adjuser needs turning clockwise a bit at a time till the play is reduced ,Then lock the outer nut away you go .rgds don Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jasper65 6 Posted October 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2007 Slacken the outer locking nut then the inner adjuser needs turning clockwise a bit at a time till the play is reduced ,Then lock the outer nut away you go .rgds don Many thanks for the info Don . I'll give it a tweak tomorrow...... Cheers Jasper Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blackfell 16 Posted October 13, 2007 Report Share Posted October 13, 2007 i know on landrover/rangerover boxes you can get shims to take up the play,dont over do it or youll never turn the steering wheel. years ago my rangie failed the mot on play in the box,put a reecon box on it,and the mot twat still failed it,took it back home swapped em back,pack it out with shims,had to drive it back to the test station in 1st gear coz i couldnt turn the wheel it was that tight,it passed, back home shims out,reecon box returned everyone happy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest ROOSTER Posted October 15, 2007 Report Share Posted October 15, 2007 REMEMBER NOT TO OVER DO IT AS A LITTLE BIT OF SLACK/PLAY IS REQUIRED. I PRESUME YOU'VE CHECKED THE STEERING JOINTS AND TRACK ROD ENDS FOR WEAR BEFORE YOU START ON THE BOX. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jasper65 6 Posted October 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2007 REMEMBER NOT TO OVER DO IT AS A LITTLE BIT OF SLACK/PLAY IS REQUIRED. I PRESUME YOU'VE CHECKED THE STEERING JOINTS AND TRACK ROD ENDS FOR WEAR BEFORE YOU START ON THE BOX. Cheers for that Rooster . I checked over all the rest of the steering and all seems ok, the play looks to be in the box, I'll try moving it a bit at a time and see how it goes!! the other thing I have noticed is when the engine is running it takes some of the play out of the steering, it definitley has more play when the engine is switched off .... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RatSnatcher 0 Posted October 15, 2007 Report Share Posted October 15, 2007 Hi Japer, I am not sure if it will work on the nevara but you may have air in the power steering system, on a lot of motors this can be removed by turning the steering full lock then full lock the opposite way but be carefull when you tweek the adjustment screw I once over done it on a LDV van and the steeing box snapped ......luckily I was stationary and just pulling out of a pub car park space......100 metres down the road was a busy roundabout on my route home Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jasper65 6 Posted October 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2007 Hi Japer, I am not sure if it will work on the nevara but you may have air in the power steering system, on a lot of motors this can be removed by turning the steering full lock then full lock the opposite way but be carefull when you tweek the adjustment screw I once over done it on a LDV van and the steeing box snapped ......luckily I was stationary and just pulling out of a pub car park space......100 metres down the road was a busy roundabout on my route home Shit me Ratsnatcher it could of been a nasty one . cheers for the advice mate . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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