steering thingy,i think,well could be,i hope

**jayl645** · by **jayl645** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 7:19 pm

my steerings been really bad lately and getting worse , Ive noticed that when the car is idleing and not moving there's a rattle coming from behind the dash ( drivers side) , is there any bolts or screws behind there that ummm sort of hold the steering to the car?,

as u can tell in struggling to explain this one,lol,

the rattle isnt the normal dash noise its like metal hitting metal,

any info and pics on what to take off and look for will be greatly appricerated as i dont want me steering falling to bits when in doing some on the dual carrage way ,

thanks jay

**jayl645** · by **jayl645** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 8:59 pm

please help, if i grab the steering wheel i can move it up and down,so does any one know if theres and bolts that could have come loose behind the dash?

please help
bttt

**jayl645** · by **jayl645** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 8:22 pm

any one at all????

steve3000 · by **steve3000** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 10:31 pm

I take it you have adjustable/tilting steering wheel column? I've never heard of the mechanism for this going wrong, but I'd guess it could well give the sort of symptoms you're describing?

I think the Haynes manual might have a 'blow-up' piccy of the adjustable column setup...?

Steve

**jayl645** · by **jayl645** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 11:06 pm

cheers for the reply,

i read somewhere on hear that the column is held in by 3 bolts?

anyone know if its true?

cheers jay

**SukySaggi** · by **SukySaggi** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 12:40 pm

I don't think any calibras come with a tiltable steering wheel. There are bolts that hold the steering column in place and if you can move your column up and down then its these bolts that have become loose. Unfortunately I'm not sure where exactly the bolts are.

**jayl645** · by **jayl645** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 1:01 pm

yep ive got tilt steering,

thats what i wanted to hear, thanks

thats my sunday planned(bolt hunting)

cheers all jay

**c1emm** · by **c1emm** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 10:22 pm

my old 16v you could adjust the steering wheel postion

**noelboy** · by **noelboy** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 9:29 am

Im sure if you dont have a drivers airbag then you get adjustable steering....could be wrong though

**16vopl** · by **16vopl** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 10:30 am

i have a car with the dash out of it at my house, ill try get pics tomorrow.

doesnt have tilt wheel, its only 16v but it did have airbags.

V6_E · by **V6_E** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 11:45 am

<div class='quotetop'>(noelboy)</div><div class='quotemain'>Im sure if you dont have a drivers airbag then you get adjustable steering....could be wrong though</div>

Spot on, they removed the adjustable steering bit on any calibra fitted with an airbag coz otherwise the airbag could be tilted to an angle that would be dangerous instead of safe

**jayl645** · by **jayl645** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 12:55 pm

16vopl picw sould be a great help cheers jay

steering thingy,i think,well could be,i hope

steering thingy,i think,well could be,i hope

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