Right then,Z failed MOT on this,is a little to much play in steering wheel,seems its the lower universal knuckle that sites between rack and steering colum,have been told its about 2 hour job by garage and they will do it,but seen as its cost a fair bit for the part i was thinkin to do my self,anyone ever done this, if so would appreciate info,is it easy/or PITA,thanks, Tony :)

2hrs? did they offer you a tube of lube with that? ;)

 

Seriously, if I can manage it (in about an hour I'd guess, though it was a long while ago) it can't be that hard ;)

 

Just undo two bolts, slide it upward onto the steering shaft and it'll (with a bit of a jiggle) pop off the steering column end, then slide it off the steering shaft. Replace with a new one - hardest thing was having to do it three times before I ended up with the steering wheel pointing straight afterward ;)

 

Much easier if you have a 2nd person to hold the wheel still..

 

Piece of cake m8..

go with Aaron on this one tony, defo a DIY job :)

1hr Tops if you have never done it before. I have it down to under 10 mins to remove it.

 

Defo a DIY job, however to make it a little easier remove the oil filter. So you could do your oil change at the same time :D

2hrs? did they offer you a tube of lube with that? ;)

 

Seriously, if I can manage it (in about an hour I'd guess, though it was a long while ago) it can't be that hard ;)

 

Just undo two bolts, slide it upward onto the steering shaft and it'll (with a bit of a jiggle) pop off the steering column end, then slide it off the steering shaft. Replace with a new one - hardest thing was having to do it three times before I ended up with the steering wheel pointing straight afterward ;)

 

Much easier if you have a 2nd person to hold the wheel still..

 

Piece of cake m8..

 

Cheers mate,nice one,and thanks for filter tip mtl :) ,will do it this afternoon,got work this morning :(

Tony as MTL has said this takes about 10 mins to do bud

Tony as MTL has said this takes about 10 mins to do bud

 

 

Ahem :x:

Ahem :x:

lmfao ok so one we did took a little longer , hugh you really need to ge rid of that phlem mate or stop smoking :rofl: :rofl:

lmfao ok so one we did took a little longer , hugh you really need to ge rid of that phlem mate or stop smoking :rofl: :rofl:

 

LOL, well the one on mine is off in 2 lol. the amount of times its been off, i wonder why I put the bolts back :rofl:

Fitted one on mine yesterday , they are a piece of piss to do but i did have the use of a ramp, just make sure u get it back on the splines as it come off or your steering wheel will be out of alignment HTH ;)

Ok,did it,got the Z 3/4 in garage,jacked it up,my lad in drivers seat to hold steeing wheel straight,only small prob was some rust on spline slowing me down,would not pull off all the way,sprayed with WD and after couple minutes of it came,new one on, tighten up,drop Z,total time was a shade over 16 minutes,not bad :) Cheers guys,Tony

 

PS,garage would of cost me over £50 :eek: