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Chris
I was thinking that too - one side is a bit lower than the other so I
balance it out with weight at the opposite side! still, I need to check the
springs too, they were new in about 2001 but it's probably time to check
them.
My only totally unique experience with l'beast when the engine blew - long
story - this is, I've been assured, is very rare experience indeed....
Not for the bearded lentil eaters who hugg whales then, or the professors in
their long white coats - X Files here we come!
Cheers
Renate
-----Original Message-----
From: [Email address removed]
[mailto:[Email address removed]]On Behalf Of Christopher Bell
Sent: 31 May 2007 14:57
To: [Email address removed]
Subject: RE: [ELCO] Steering pulling to one side
Renate
| Hi Chris
| I currently have a leaning to the left side when steering - seems it
wants
| to go in the ditch by default! I know its not the brakes this time,
so I'm
| assuming its the steering - I musing over the possibility that the
steering
| column has a hairline crack in it(from some particularly reckless
| offroading). I know there is a bit of play in the steering anyway,
which I
| also need to check out. Let me know what you find, because maybe we
can
| compare notes - as I have to get my little issues sorted out sooner or
later
| before I next leg it somewhere distant and foreign.
Incipient socialism in the factory, that's what I think!
You'll probably find that both our vehicles were built by a be-sandalled
and bearded lentil-eating whale-hugging oriental gentleman with a degree
in Politics from LSE.
Any half-decent forensic mechanic would be able to tell this immediately
just by looking at the winding direction of the springs (echoes of
Flanders & Swan's honeysuckle & bindweed song here).
Seriously though I thought my experience would be unique, but it turns
out to be quite common, which does suggest that sagging springs may have
something to do with it. Another possible explanation on my truck is
that someone incompetent has tried to sort it out before, as the
steering wheel is not centred in the straight ahead position.
I'll let you know if I come up with anything.
CB
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I was thinking that too - one side is a bit lower than the other so I
balance it out with weight at the opposite side! still, I need to check the
springs too, they were new in about 2001 but it's probably time to check
them.
My only totally unique experience with l'beast when the engine blew - long
story - this is, I've been assured, is very rare experience indeed....
Not for the bearded lentil eaters who hugg whales then, or the professors in
their long white coats - X Files here we come!
Cheers
Renate
-----Original Message-----
From: [Email address removed]
[mailto:[Email address removed]]On Behalf Of Christopher Bell
Sent: 31 May 2007 14:57
To: [Email address removed]
Subject: RE: [ELCO] Steering pulling to one side
Renate
| Hi Chris
| I currently have a leaning to the left side when steering - seems it
wants
| to go in the ditch by default! I know its not the brakes this time,
so I'm
| assuming its the steering - I musing over the possibility that the
steering
| column has a hairline crack in it(from some particularly reckless
| offroading). I know there is a bit of play in the steering anyway,
which I
| also need to check out. Let me know what you find, because maybe we
can
| compare notes - as I have to get my little issues sorted out sooner or
later
| before I next leg it somewhere distant and foreign.
Incipient socialism in the factory, that's what I think!
You'll probably find that both our vehicles were built by a be-sandalled
and bearded lentil-eating whale-hugging oriental gentleman with a degree
in Politics from LSE.
Any half-decent forensic mechanic would be able to tell this immediately
just by looking at the winding direction of the springs (echoes of
Flanders & Swan's honeysuckle & bindweed song here).
Seriously though I thought my experience would be unique, but it turns
out to be quite common, which does suggest that sagging springs may have
something to do with it. Another possible explanation on my truck is
that someone incompetent has tried to sort it out before, as the
steering wheel is not centred in the straight ahead position.
I'll let you know if I come up with anything.
CB
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