Steering Feels light and nervous on my nc!!!! Whats Wrong ?
Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2010 1:28 pm
Hi
I have been having a lot of problems with handling on my NC its a UK 2.0i Sport model (with Bilstein shocks lowered on Eibachs) standard 17" wheels and new Toyo tyres
The problem is the steering feels very light and nervous in a straight line especially over bumpy roads
any bumps in the road send the car of in a different direction which is very disturbing and gives me no confidence in the car
I have checked and tried around with different tyre pressures
And had the car aligned about 5 or times trying to get it to behave , but with no luck
The alignment is as follows
Front Camber -1.11 both sides
Rear Camber -2.03 both sides
Front toe 0.05 both sides
Rear Toe 0.09 both sides
Front Castor 7.12
Has anybody got any clues as to why my car feels terrible
Is it possible that when a Mazda delear lowered the car the could have put the suspension or springs back together wrongly ? for example bushes under the dust boot on the shock etc
Could the light steering feel be down to power steering fluid or maybe a air lock in the system ?
I have check the fluid and it is at the correct level
Help
I have been having a lot of problems with handling on my NC its a UK 2.0i Sport model (with Bilstein shocks lowered on Eibachs) standard 17" wheels and new Toyo tyres
The problem is the steering feels very light and nervous in a straight line especially over bumpy roads
any bumps in the road send the car of in a different direction which is very disturbing and gives me no confidence in the car
I have checked and tried around with different tyre pressures
And had the car aligned about 5 or times trying to get it to behave , but with no luck
The alignment is as follows
Front Camber -1.11 both sides
Rear Camber -2.03 both sides
Front toe 0.05 both sides
Rear Toe 0.09 both sides
Front Castor 7.12
Has anybody got any clues as to why my car feels terrible
Is it possible that when a Mazda delear lowered the car the could have put the suspension or springs back together wrongly ? for example bushes under the dust boot on the shock etc
Could the light steering feel be down to power steering fluid or maybe a air lock in the system ?
I have check the fluid and it is at the correct level
Help