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Can anyone think of anything that i could put in the gap? Maybe something that is applied as a liquid and sets hard. Ideally it should have a slight amount of give in it, as i think the join may help reduce vibration on the wheel.

The rubber around the colunm (ribbed cylidrical colunm above the joint) i think is to hold the rubber gaiter on. You can see the joint in the pic. The blue writing says packed rubber here. You can see the gap. As the column twists, the slack in the gap is taken up before the lower part turns...

Just driven home and the car really grips the road better. I am very happy. This may not be causuing 100% of the steering problem, but its certainly the main problem. I have a pic of the joint now but dont know how to get it up.

Yeah i agree is is slightly higher than the UJ. Its the part that converts the cylindircal shape of the column attached to the steering wheel into a shape that will fit the uj (kind of a braket adapter). Its surely the uj that would break in an accident. In fact i cant see why there needs to be...

Look at the pedals and youll see a big rubber sleave over the universal joint where the steering column dissapears into the floor of the car (kind of behind the clutch pedal). Pull the rubber sleave up from the floor (its attached by a small lip and just clips / unclips). This exposes the lower...

Just been down to my car with a screw driver and a flat piece of rubber cut to about an inch square. Found the bootom uj on the willy steering column and jabbed the rubber into the gap and pushed it in with screwdriver. Result: uj now tight. Wheels turn with the steering wheel, no looseness, and...

Who would weld it for me? If i took it to a garage surely they wouldnt do it for legal reasons (in case it breaks / i crash / die etc). If i instruct them to do it would you think a garage would do it though?

Ok, i took the car to an engineer and he had a look at the column. There are two ujs in the cockpit on the Williams. One up towards the steering wheel and one at the floor. The higher one near the wheel is fine. The lower one is the one with play. On the lower uj there is a bracket that comes up...

Maybe its called viper because of the hissing noise of the IK? Think about it, quite clever.

Of the cars youve mentioned and including the 200sx, i would say you should drive them all. They seem to be very different cars in terms of driving position. Personally when i had my silvia i found it hard to get the most from the car because the driving was very laid back, like an F1 car...

ok ill phone then tomorrow

Some people say you can weld the uj on the steering column to remove the vague steering effect on high milage willys and valvers. What does everyone think? Is it worth a try before shedding out on a new column? What test can i do to see if its the column that is loose? With the car stationary...

Yeah, pick us up from Norwich;)

How do i tell if the steering arm rod inner ball joint is a male or female one? Apparently it could be either. Need to find out so no more garages waste my very valuable time.:oops: GOD SOMEONE JUST CHANGE THE BL**DY THING

My cable is clicking at the moment. How much did you pay for a new one including labour?

F*ck me!!!!!!:@. Just phoned the garage and they havnt ordered the control rods because they dont know whether the rod end is male or female. So when goes in tomorrow they will look and then ill have to take it in again. Why didnt they look the first time i brought it in?, and why didnt they...

The rods must incude the ball joint because the guy asked if i knew if they were male or female coupling.

Yeah i confirmed they will do the tracking included in that price

I thought not. Dont mechanics know anything????? Why the f*ck do we pay them so much?

Yeah i thought we were taking about the control rod / steering arm rod, the bit that attatches to the rack at the inside edge and the track rod at the outside egde? [wheel]--[track rod]-- [control rod]--[rack]--[control rod]--[track rod]--[wheel] ^this...

:oops: soz alex, didnt realise it was full

Someone photo shop one of those yank chrome jobbies onto it for a laugh

Didnt think there was any point going down the replacement rack route until i try the easy things. There is definately a loose joint between the rack and the arm rod, so even if it doesnt completely correct the loose steering it will stop the os wheel wobbling, which has got to help a small...

Local garage said some cars have adjustable racks and might be able to help with steering looseness on Williams by adjusting the rack. But they dont know if it is adjustable. Is it?

I am going to get the steering arm rods replaced on my williams. A garage has quoted me £60 labour (two hours) plus the genuine renault rods as a pair at £71.68 (including VAT). Is it worth getting the genuine Renault ones? Does this seem reasonable?

I think its disgraceful. A new car should be that NEW. Ive had many solicitors turn down work in the past, for the simple reason that their are alot of sh*t lawers out there that will only touch easy stuff, and they dont really understand the law fully (lets face it their are alot of solicitors...

So would the track control arm be the same as the steering arm rod? (The bit that conect to the rack via a ball and socket join and passes out towards the wheel side?)

Insurance? Is that like that road tax some ppl pay too? Youll be telling me you want to get an MOT next, fft. ;)

Just to add to what someone said, i am finding my brakes are getting rusty so quickly in this weather. Does everyone get the same?

Funny you say that Ben, but it does feel much nicer to drive. I didnt notice the difference the new springs made until i did the 200 mile journey back from my parents house to my home. The steering doesnt feel as bad as i thought, or maybe its just that im getting used to it. I will definately...