Did anyone ever fix steering (wobble, jumpy, jerky, kickback, pulsing, nudge)?

[homeruk]

I had a similar problem once with an old van, turns out it was simply too low pressures in my tyres pumped them up and it was fine.

Have you checked tyre pressure, alignment tracking etc et ?

Can the pas be disconnected for a short while and go back to old fashioned steering to see if the problem goes away?

[The Namele55]

Alignment was done after the rack was replaced, tyre pressures are good.
After some investigation today I think I may have a result . . . . I dried the excess fluid from all the pipe/hose connections on the rack this morning, went for a drive, came back & found there was fluid around the steering column input shaft on the steering rack, which leads me to believe its either the return pipe which is blocked, the input shaft seal has gone or the pinion valve is blocked or done in (causing the input shaft seal to leak) . . . . Will be hopefully sorting through these findings this week & will post my results

[cha1n]

Eagerly await results of this. I've only had my 04 berlingo a few weeks and just put the crap steering down to it being a berlingo but if there's something I can fix (cheaply) then I will!

[Jimberlingo]

I've only experienced this once on a 307 hdi. Turned out to be very low on fluid, and airlocking. Sometimes assistance disappeared momentarily, on bends where a reasonable amount of lock was needed I got lots of kickback through the steering. All disappeared once fluid was added.

Is it possible that air could be getting in? Hope you get it resolved.

[The Namele55]

Reconditioned rack to be fitted today, will update when done The steering specialist where I got the rack from may have found the problem & it could be a design flaw with the rack itself . . .

[cha1n]

Oh no, not what I wanted to hear. How much is a reconditioned rack?

The issue I get with mine is when I'm steering into right bends, the wheel randomly pulls harder into the bend, so I have to try and resist it. It really is the worst handling car I've ever driven!

[Roadrally]

Check you wishbone rear bushes, commonly referred to as 'P bushes'.
These are rubbish material and fail very quickly, if possible get the p bush replacements from powerflex, then all you ever need to do is replace the ball joint when that fails.
I used to make my own, it makes the front end far tighter and more responsive.
The bushes will be listed for Peugeot 306

[homeruk]

Reconditioned rack to be fitted today, will update when done The steering specialist where I got the rack from may have found the problem & it could be a design flaw with the rack itself . . .

Surely if it is a design flaw then every berlingo should suffer from this?

Perfect example is that pesky rear axle.

[The Namele55]

Ok so got the £125 recon rack fitted yesterday, the kickback has now disappeared YAAAY . . . .But . . . . . now the steering wont self centre when coming out of the corners & it's horribly stiff!
Booked into another garage today at 1pm to find out why,the previous garage has obviously done something wrong here, it feels like something is over tight & power steering feels like it's off! Also feels & sounds like the plastic column cover is rubbing on the steering wheel.

In reply to Homeruk, it was just what the specialist said, something about the angle of the pinion against the worm.
Not quite sure but I've to take my old rack down to him on friday so they can test it.

Personally though, I think it was the seals in the pinion valve that had gone . . . .will see

[Mary Faerie]

The reconditioned rack fixed mine. :thumbsup: The mechanic recognised the symptoms and said several Citroens suffer it (Picasso and Xsara I think he mentioned). He thought it was a valve stuck in the rack. Seems he was right. With labour and part the fix was £300. Which I managed to (eventually) get the stealer to pay...

...now it's just the judder at 50-55 and the bouncy- bouncy, wobbly, 'I'm going to tip over' thing to fix... I still think the mk1 was a better vehicle.