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05 Opel Vivaro Steering Rack issue/problem

  • 05-08-2010 4:22pm
    #1
    country home
    Closed Accounts Posts: 98 ✭✭


    hows all,

    so there i was driving around for the last few weeks, with an odd knock noise when i went in to a pot-hole or over a ramp. I said to myself, droplink or wishbone or something. so I pass a opel garage everyday and decided to bring it it and put it on the lift.. . .and this is what i was told. .

    ""ah ya, theres a bit of play on both sides of the steering rack, now that part though is €1,100 excluding the VAT and the Labour, sher see what ya want to do".

    1. what is a steering rack?. . .lol excuse me.

    2. is it ok to take a laxy dazy attitude with it?. i mean asked him could i drive it and he said well sher take it away "i mean u might get a second hand part". he didnt say . .oh G's no, you cant drive that on the road.

    3. surely to god i can fix it for less than half the whole van is worth. . lol


    I dont mind something like, power steering goes and im left tugging for dear life on corners. I dont mind indicators going and having to use hands.. . . . what i dont want is to turn the wheel left and for the van to go straight in to a wall. . .

    Mechanics help or someone in the know could calm my nevers a bit, about driving until i get a part.

    thanks all
    Cheers

    05
    SWB
    133k Kms on clock. . and yes GB done at 85K before i bought it.


Comments

  • #2
    country home
    Closed Accounts Posts: 98 ✭✭country home


    bump


  • #3
    shanemc1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60 ✭✭shanemc1


    1. what is a steering rack?. . .lol excuse me.

    Simplifying it a steering rack transmits motion from the steering wheel to the wheels themselves. When power steering is fitted it also multiplies the force of the turning.

    2. is it ok to take a laxy dazy attitude with it?. i mean asked him could i drive it and he said well sher take it away "i mean u might get a second hand part". he didnt say . .oh G's no, you cant drive that on the road.

    If your mechanic is satisfied its ok for the min then it should be ok. It should be obvious to him if it's going to fail catastrophically. The biggest issue you might have is a sloppiness in handling.

    3. surely to god i can fix it for less than half the whole van is worth. . lol

    You should be able to get a used one for less than €200. Second hand isn't the ideal fix but once it is in good shape it will be cheaper in the long run than a new one.


  • #4
    country home
    Closed Accounts Posts: 98 ✭✭country home


    shanemc1 wrote: »
    2. is it ok to take a laxy dazy attitude with it?. i mean asked him could i drive it and he said well sher take it away "i mean u might get a second hand part". he didnt say . .oh G's no, you cant drive that on the road.

    If your mechanic is satisfied its ok for the min then it should be ok. It should be obvious to him if it's going to fail catastrophically. The biggest issue you might have is a sloppiness in handling.

    Ok, thats ok.

    but the one thing i keep thinking since he told me is, i dont have any handling issues at all, i feel no trimmers in the wheel, nothing.

    and im thinking also to myself, "i went in with a knocking noise, and i come out with been told that theres a bit of play in the steering rack". . .

    for me this is not adding up. . . small part of me thinking of second opinion, esp after reading your comment on steering, i notice nothing. it steers fine, even tight turns, parking etc. . .


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