friend of mine used to have a civic thats steering whel would slip if you turned aggressivelyand then if you turned hard the other way it would come back i think it was the wheel itself tho cause the linkages where fine
Ive fixed same issue. That kind of syptom is nearly ALWAYS a rack mount, never seen intermediate shaft do that, but have had them clunk over bumps on occasion
Would never buy a nissan, after 7k miles new car got bad lifter knock, dealer and nissan said it wasnt broke so wouldnt repair it. Paid for extended maintenance and noone would take responsibility. Nissan is crap
Get in my wife's charger the other day steering wheel was way off. Asked how long it been like this . Oh idk 2 weeks maybe. Nut was backed almost completely off of the outer tie rod.
Had this happen after aftermarket control arms and coilovers…figured out the half inch it lowered the vehicle was just enough for the sway bar to be forced down enough to bind on the top of the tie rods…replaced the end links with longer bolts and spacers and no more binding.
My current car's previous owners repaired the steering rack with furnace tape. On the way to the shop to get it fixed, the tape snapped, and the only thing keeping the passenger's wheel pointed the same way as the driver's was physics. Scary stuff.
funny that this is showing up on my feed, because when i first bought my 1999 Nissan pathfinder, it had this same exact stearing issue. it was the reason my brother god bless his soul sold it to me for only $500(i was 19 lol), 4 years later i ended up pushing the car over 200,000 on the odometer. goin for 300k!
When i was in a hit and run. I turn the wheel and it would keep turning. Would have to fight with it to drive it. Had to replace the control arm and some other stuff. 2.7k all together. Insurence wouldnt even pay cuz they claim they cant figure who is at fault. Even tho police report says hit and run automatically makes me not liable.
Have something similar on my 1980 VW Rabbit pickup. Issue began after the old rack & pinion bit the dust & replaced it with a still solid good-used. My tie rods from the old unit were still good so swapped those over while taking measurements prior to try & get things matched. TOE still required some finicky adjustment of trial & adjustment to get rid of pulling. Then when got my 1st passenger after install got done it would pull to the right (almost never have a passenger) so the wheel had to be turned about 60deg left from straight across to go straight. Also noticed if making a hard LEFT turn the wheel won't return to straight properly either. A hard turn RIGHT will realign things. Narrowed it down to collapsing suspension & a failed//sticking strut cartridge. When front suspension compresses it alters steering geometry…the TRIANGLE is from the tie rod where it goes from the RACK to WHEEL to TOP OF STRUT. When it sticks compressed my wheel must be turned left…while lifting up on the P/F wheel "resets" it & the wheel returns to normal. Normal driving w/ just my ~220lb self in the driver's seat the wheel stays straight w/ a VERY small pull to the left (needs the pass rod adjusted a fraction of a turn still. I get to order not only new cartridges but likely replacement coils due to fatigue. Have driven the thing for over 2 years now & never touched the front suspension which COULD be OEM. Will get a strut mount + cartridge + coil rebuild.
at least here there is an annual roadworthy inspection on safety, this would clearly fall within the safety inspection. Basically: tires must have profile for so many millimeter, Brakes and lights must work within specs, the windshield wipers must be working and whole, wiper fluids must be at least half full, belts must fully work, chairs must be solidly in there, steering must work correctly, the outside is not allowed to have sharp edges, car body cannot be rusted thru at places (integrity and crumple area must work as intended, if rusted away that ain't the case), anything safety related. It also includes emission tests and the works. It's basically a whole car checkup except for the engine itself and the conveniences in the car (electronics, AC, lights inside the vehicle, etc).
My shop runs into this all the time. Customer comes in for alignment thinking its a wonder pill that cures all problems with the suspension. They act surprised it needs $1,000's in parts to fix something that is broke or had signs of it hitting something hard and bending parts. They don't seem to grasp that a bent part I can get the car to go straight but on turns it will be hard to control or tires will squeal or wear badly. Loose parts the alignment read out will change into out of spec just by breathing on one of the tires.
If your wheel isnt returning the first place id take a hard look at is the ball joints. They are probsvly already so gone you're lucky one hasnt dropped yet. Source? Ive boight s lot of shitboxes and more than one sropped a ball joint on me sooner than i could replace them. Nimber 1 sign they are bad bad is when the wheel doesnt like to return.
I rebuilt my car bottom to top. Had this for the first few miles and it stopped. No idea what it was. Put it on the lift. Nothing moved. I’m only 300 miles in. Wish me luck.
I went in for an alignment on my mothers car and got the great news that the bushings, ball joints, upper and lower control arms are fucked so i get to repair all that this coming friday yay me 😃😮💨
Yea a leaking tie rod does not do that to any of the people that don't know much. I have specifically a old nissan with a tierod that leaks just like this and the steering does not do that. Guess what I got a year or so ago? Tires and an alignment. The car needs an alignment……60 bucks. It does need tierods but it isn't causing this
I miss you Ray. I've had a series of great events in my life recently, and haven't been able to watch as much as I like to. Keep growing and praying friend.
I had the bushings on the steering rack on my Corolla go out and would do that. I could jerk the wheel and straighten it out, but the first big bump while taking a corner would throw it right back out..lol I drove it like that for a few months before realizing it was getting kinda dangerous😅
Steering rack bushings for sure. My friends 240sx had the same exact issue after a tech replaced his rack and didnt tell him his bushings were toasted. I finally figured it out for him and fixed it.
I've been trying to figure out why my truck pulls a little to the right for over a year. All new tie rod ends – repeatedly inspected and appear perfect, new ball joints, new bearings, whole steering column and gear box seems tight, two alignments. Getting some better quality ball joints because of other issues with the current set this week, and probably gonna change the power steering pump because of noise.
Me with a mechanical background, my wife going on about going to the shop with it. Me knowing, or having an idea of how to fix. I see a tire with uneven wear on one edge, the others are fine. Alignment. “Just take it to the shop.” 😳 Just take it to get its toe corrected!
I had a car where the rubber mounting bushings for the steering rack went bad (it's held in place with clamps and the rubber bushing,), so on any hard turns the rack would move several inches one way or the other. Of course the bushings are NLA from anybody but I was able to get some good used ones.
My Suburban used to do this, offset after turns, I figured it was skipping a tooth in the gear box, kept on driving it, till turning it over on a mountain
yea my car is like that but mfs don’t care anymore i just been rolling with it cuz im broke
When there's play, your going to have a bad day.
friend of mine used to have a civic thats steering whel would slip if you turned aggressivelyand then if you turned hard the other way it would come back i think it was the wheel itself tho cause the linkages where fine
what you expect its a nissan!
Looks like rack bushes, I just did a prado with a similar problem.
set screw
Im glad ray is back in my feed, i used to fall asleep to his 1 hour long videos
You never need an alignment. Unless something is broken.
Dude just press r I’ll automatically fix it
1st problem it's a Nissan
Ive fixed same issue. That kind of syptom is nearly ALWAYS a rack mount, never seen intermediate shaft do that, but have had them clunk over bumps on occasion
Typical newer Nissan….
The people that complain about mechanics 'trying to sell another $1000 work on an oil change' own these cars. 100%, guaranteed.
Fix the damn thing and quit whining
😂
Would never buy a nissan, after 7k miles new car got bad lifter knock, dealer and nissan said it wasnt broke so wouldnt repair it. Paid for extended maintenance and noone would take responsibility. Nissan is crap
Get in my wife's charger the other day steering wheel was way off. Asked how long it been like this . Oh idk 2 weeks maybe. Nut was backed almost completely off of the outer tie rod.
33% of the time it seems they forget that.
Had this happen after aftermarket control arms and coilovers…figured out the half inch it lowered the vehicle was just enough for the sway bar to be forced down enough to bind on the top of the tie rods…replaced the end links with longer bolts and spacers and no more binding.
My current car's previous owners repaired the steering rack with furnace tape. On the way to the shop to get it fixed, the tape snapped, and the only thing keeping the passenger's wheel pointed the same way as the driver's was physics. Scary stuff.
The customer could probably use
an alignment as well… 😳
Nissan steering box and steering gear😮
Mine did this, just fixed it with a little wd 40 white lithium grease every 6 months on the joints, world like a charm.
Steering rack bushings
Sounds like fluid only works 1 way on the rack. Suprised something wasn't loose.
Rack.
Rack and pinion bushings inner and outer tie rods
funny that this is showing up on my feed, because when i first bought my 1999 Nissan pathfinder, it had this same exact stearing issue. it was the reason my brother god bless his soul sold it to me for only $500(i was 19 lol), 4 years later i ended up pushing the car over 200,000 on the odometer. goin for 300k!
Tierod ends? Or a bushing possibly on a-arm??
When i was in a hit and run. I turn the wheel and it would keep turning. Would have to fight with it to drive it. Had to replace the control arm and some other stuff. 2.7k all together. Insurence wouldnt even pay cuz they claim they cant figure who is at fault. Even tho police report says hit and run automatically makes me not liable.
Needs a rack, done
Average International driver "Eh, I guess I keep driving. Nothing else works anyways, except the AC."
It's a bad rack I have those same problem with my mpv and my miata did it to
My pathfinder had this same issue it was the steering rack bushing
I can only fix what I can afford at the moment
I had this problem before on a pontiac sunfire….. the front subframe was rotten
My moms car does that….
Have something similar on my 1980 VW Rabbit pickup. Issue began after the old rack & pinion bit the dust & replaced it with a still solid good-used. My tie rods from the old unit were still good so swapped those over while taking measurements prior to try & get things matched. TOE still required some finicky adjustment of trial & adjustment to get rid of pulling. Then when got my 1st passenger after install got done it would pull to the right (almost never have a passenger) so the wheel had to be turned about 60deg left from straight across to go straight. Also noticed if making a hard LEFT turn the wheel won't return to straight properly either. A hard turn RIGHT will realign things.
Narrowed it down to collapsing suspension & a failed//sticking strut cartridge. When front suspension compresses it alters steering geometry…the TRIANGLE is from the tie rod where it goes from the RACK to WHEEL to TOP OF STRUT. When it sticks compressed my wheel must be turned left…while lifting up on the P/F wheel "resets" it & the wheel returns to normal. Normal driving w/ just my ~220lb self in the driver's seat the wheel stays straight w/ a VERY small pull to the left (needs the pass rod adjusted a fraction of a turn still.
I get to order not only new cartridges but likely replacement coils due to fatigue.
Have driven the thing for over 2 years now & never touched the front suspension which COULD be OEM. Will get a strut mount + cartridge + coil rebuild.
at least here there is an annual roadworthy inspection on safety, this would clearly fall within the safety inspection.
Basically: tires must have profile for so many millimeter, Brakes and lights must work within specs, the windshield wipers must be working and whole, wiper fluids must be at least half full, belts must fully work, chairs must be solidly in there, steering must work correctly, the outside is not allowed to have sharp edges, car body cannot be rusted thru at places (integrity and crumple area must work as intended, if rusted away that ain't the case), anything safety related. It also includes emission tests and the works.
It's basically a whole car checkup except for the engine itself and the conveniences in the car (electronics, AC, lights inside the vehicle, etc).
My shop runs into this all the time. Customer comes in for alignment thinking its a wonder pill that cures all problems with the suspension. They act surprised it needs $1,000's in parts to fix something that is broke or had signs of it hitting something hard and bending parts. They don't seem to grasp that a bent part I can get the car to go straight but on turns it will be hard to control or tires will squeal or wear badly. Loose parts the alignment read out will change into out of spec just by breathing on one of the tires.
If your wheel isnt returning the first place id take a hard look at is the ball joints. They are probsvly already so gone you're lucky one hasnt dropped yet. Source? Ive boight s lot of shitboxes and more than one sropped a ball joint on me sooner than i could replace them. Nimber 1 sign they are bad bad is when the wheel doesnt like to return.
Rack shifts sideways
I know exactly what the problem was before I saw heard the problem!
It’s a 🐷💩nissan 💨
Ah rack bushes 😅
I rebuilt my car bottom to top. Had this for the first few miles and it stopped. No idea what it was. Put it on the lift. Nothing moved. I’m only 300 miles in. Wish me luck.
I went in for an alignment on my mothers car and got the great news that the bushings, ball joints, upper and lower control arms are fucked so i get to repair all that this coming friday yay me 😃😮💨
WAIT! My car is doing the same thing Where's that rubber at??
I had a steering knuckle lower ball joint hole surprisingly rounded out after a transmission replacement and that happened.
If you think that’s bad you don’t want to see the cars we drop on a daily basis from the body shop..
We’re not technicians we’re car detectives lol
Rack n pinion mount bushings??
Steering rack sliding side to side in the bushings
idler arm wore
That happened to me in a customer's car; it "turned" out that the bolts holding the steering rack were sheered off.
R50 pathfinder steering rack bushings
Yea a leaking tie rod does not do that to any of the people that don't know much. I have specifically a old nissan with a tierod that leaks just like this and the steering does not do that. Guess what I got a year or so ago? Tires and an alignment. The car needs an alignment……60 bucks. It does need tierods but it isn't causing this
Just take the steering wheel off and put it back on
A bad strut mount can cause a steering wheel to not return to center after a one direction turn
I miss you Ray. I've had a series of great events in my life recently, and haven't been able to watch as much as I like to. Keep growing and praying friend.
It’s fine
They tried to fix something on the power steering rack and didn't put it back together
Rack loose
Classic pathfinder
Caster
So was it the rack n pinion?
That shouldn't be driven until a Licensed shop certifies safety in writing!
Rack is sliding
I had the bushings on the steering rack on my Corolla go out and would do that. I could jerk the wheel and straighten it out, but the first big bump while taking a corner would throw it right back out..lol I drove it like that for a few months before realizing it was getting kinda dangerous😅
Mechanic: Your vehicle is fucked.
Customer: I know, I know. 😔
Had this problem when I did my struts and didn't tighten them enough
I Have A 97 Altima Doing This Please Fix It And Say What It Is
Steering rack bushings for sure. My friends 240sx had the same exact issue after a tech replaced his rack and didnt tell him his bushings were toasted. I finally figured it out for him and fixed it.
Pitman arm
Rack bushings
Leaking Rack & Pinion
I've been trying to figure out why my truck pulls a little to the right for over a year. All new tie rod ends – repeatedly inspected and appear perfect, new ball joints, new bearings, whole steering column and gear box seems tight, two alignments.
Getting some better quality ball joints because of other issues with the current set this week, and probably gonna change the power steering pump because of noise.
Me with a mechanical background, my wife going on about going to the shop with it. Me knowing, or having an idea of how to fix. I see a tire with uneven wear on one edge, the others are fine. Alignment. “Just take it to the shop.” 😳 Just take it to get its toe corrected!
You shouldn't even drive it with those symptoms
That Nissan i's not so Nice man
I had this problem on a 90s Nissan, it was the bushing on the rack being bad letting slide side to side.
honestly thought maybe someone did an alignment and steering adjustment and forgot to tighten something..
Love the video, Ray, just like always. Don’t need the music IMHO.
finally this is what my car does💀
I had a car where the rubber mounting bushings for the steering rack went bad (it's held in place with clamps and the rubber bushing,), so on any hard turns the rack would move several inches one way or the other. Of course the bushings are NLA from anybody but I was able to get some good used ones.
Worm gear and sector shaft skipping down the road. Replace rac
Pretty common on Nissans those bushings go and it’s all over the road had that happen a little while ago on mine
rack n pinion bushings most common cause, I have had strut bearing plates do that to a lesser extent.
Do you make the idiot customers sign a release or waiver saying that you told them it’s unroadworthy..??
that guy is going to turn a corner and BLAM!
That was weird for sure . 💯👊👍
My Suburban used to do this, offset after turns, I figured it was skipping a tooth in the gear box, kept on driving it, till turning it over on a mountain
Sounds like a clock spring was installed incorrectly, no?
U gotta work on your short game. Not good. Mike is better
Aww yes, the old up and down. 👌
Nissan
Let me guess the Nissan Altima
Steering linkage may be worn out .
I've driven a few vehicles with variable geometry suspension. Lol
WTH…..
every jeep I've had got that way, so whatever
Always important to do a prealignment inspection. And general maintenance…