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[Dylan720]

Hi all my 05 wrx has a weird problem when the steering wheel is straight and the wheels are straight it drives good but when i turn a corner or a roundabout the wheels are straight and the steering wheel isnt straight then i turn again and it all goes straight again.

[duncanm]

didn't we fix this? http://www.subyclub....teering-issues/

[Dylan720]

No before it was the steering wheel itself the the spline in the steering wheel was broken away from the castine its a new steering wheel its different now it was working good for about 2 3 weeks ubtil today its now doing what i wrote

[Dylan720]

So ive taken my car to a mechanic he said the steering frame is broken (sub frame) thats why my steering is playing up he quoted 700 for the job to be done where i can get a sub frame of a mate who owns a wreckers for nothing my question is how hard is the job to do on your own

[Barbbachello]

You need to lift the engine out of the cross member and disconnect the PS lines from the rack, as well as all control arm and tie rod end from the hubs. Not a super hard job if you know what youre doing but its fiddly getting to the lines. If you havent removed and engine or at least a turbo and up pipe before I wouldnt be attempting it DIY

[duncanm]

clarify whats broken.

 

The steering rack is held against the front subframe with a couple of u-shape type clamps (I think).

 

If the subframe is busted -- its a couple of hours to replace. Clamps would be less than an hour.

 

Very unlikely for subframe to be a problem unless its rusted out (unlikely), been in a crash and not repaired, or the captive nuts are stripped due to some bodgy repair job.

[Dylan720]

The mechanic said its the rack bushes and subframe thats on the list he gave me

[duncanm]

rack bushes not surprising, and does lead to obvious steering slip. Subframe I'm surprised at

[El_Freddo]

Can you get some pics of the bushes and the subframe?

Seems very unlikely that the "subframe" aka engine crossmember would be the issue.

Cheers

Bennie

[Dylan720]

He said its the part of the frame that holds thr steering rack on where it bolts in its all ripped out so theres no bolts holding it in im pulling it out today ill get pics