10-08-2007, 01:06 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Hamilton, NZ
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Originally Posted by Alfisto Steve
ML let me stay over here tonight after repair session so I better end this computer madness before pumpkin time and get a shower. I can sleep in tomorrow morning so might hold on a little longer.
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My '91 164 has this same rack but a mirror image; large weird-shaped boot is on left side, presumably the same weak mounting in there too. I noticed when I jacked up the front end for tie-rod replacement last week, the strange effect of it being difficult to swivel the wheels; had to use steering lock to hold the wheels swivelled (due to that centering spring).
I don't think I've ever known a car with spring-centered steering, except for a 1934 Singer Le Mans (http://www.singercars.com/profiles/9lemans.html) that my Dad used to remember fondly from the early 50's (I suspect this was much more cool in his day than my cars are today).
Meanwhile I think the Citroen SM had a powered-centering system. I wouldn't have expected an Italian car like the 164 to have such a corruption as a spring in the steering. My previous ('92) 164 did not have this and the rack was a normal shape (without damper).
Therefore, I have the question: has my '91 164 been fitted with a later rack having a damper, or is the one with the damper the earlier design?
Or. did my (newer) 164 have perhaps an earlier rack fitted, which (if for a manual) would explain the problem that plagued me the whole time I had that car, of the tyres rubbing on the auto transmission. Someone had welded metal tabs to the control arms, to restrict the swivelling of the strut brackets!
Not that it matters much now, until I have to replace those bushings. In the meantime I'll keep it de-greased in that area.
-Alex
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'91 164 3L V6 Manual, green, '01 Punto Sporting CVT, yellow, '88 Uno Turbo, white
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