NoSpam wrote:
Staffbull wrote:
NoSpam wrote:
I'll be fixing this myself so it seems to fall within the "DIY" tag. Any
suggestions from the group?

For quite a while the steering "feel" of my V reg Renault Espace has
varied. For weeks it'll be fine and then one day when I go round a bend
(at low speed) it'll feel as if there's oversteer - sometimes I've
stopped and checked the tyres because it felt like one was flat. Shortly
afterwards it'll be back to normal.
This has been going on for a couple of years. Recently it's become worse
and feels "odd" most of the time - the actual handling is fine, it just
"feels" strange.

On cold days the steering feels a bit heavy, there's a slight weep from
the front of the PAS pump but I've never needed to top-up the PAS
reservoir.

Has anyone come across anything similar?

Dave

could be the belt is slipping, does it sqeal at all at full lock?

Thanks for the suggestion but no, the belt is tight and there's no squeal.

Dave
Could be many things, some serious, some not.

Its time to get it up on a ramp and check to see whether anything is
bent or has play in it. Don't assume the power assistance itself is the
problem.

Play anywhere in the system will give anything from imprecise steering,
to sudden changes in apparent steering action, especially if coupled
with a stiff or partly siezed joint..

Chipped tooth on te racxk? Another sudden change of direction..its endless.

A GOOD mechanic will be able to sort it. A bad one will charge you a lot
and do nothing, or change something in there for something he charged
teh last customer to replace, and kept back just in case he got a chance
to sell it on to someone else again.