With my car about to hit the 100k mark, does anyone have a solution for the bit of steering wheel play i have? I have noticed that ITR's have very quick steering, in part due to the steering ratio, but it also just felt "tighter". Is it my ball joints? Should i change bushings? Its not that bad, I just want her to be a little tighter...

 

check ur inner and outer tie rods, just jack the front wheels under ur lower control arms and move ur tire in a left to right motion, if theres play then replace ur tie rod. if not then id replace ur steering rack.

 

After you're done checking tie rod ends & ball joints...

Check the joints in the steering shaft, from the steering wheel down to the pinion shaft of the rack. You'd feel pretty foolish if you changed the rack & that wasn't it.

 

ya that too........lol

 

Has anyone done this maintenance? Anyone else have this? i have a 1995 gsr 4dr...

 

Not necesarily steering specific but you could also try replacing bushings with new stock rubber bushings or urethane. A loose feel in the front suspension/steering is often a number of worn parts.

 

Thanks, i'm going to look into it

 

I've got one too, but the steering hasn't screwed up yet But I've done it on my former '89 Saab.

Doesn't matter if we've done it yet, all I wanted to say is you should find out WHAT'S loose before you just start throwing parts at it. There's gotta be a dozen different things that can get loose, and it doesn't have to be the same part as the other guy's car.