Ke 70 Steering

[skatedude39]

Hey I looked at a Ke70 se today and took it for a test drive

 

I found with no power steering its hard

 

to steering. I know what your thinkin what a sped with power steerin of course its goin to be harder

 

BUT i was just wondering is there any way to improve the steering wihout spending BIG BUCKS.

 

Cheers

[love ke70]

steering in a standard ke70 should be light as, whats been done to this one?

 

you never drove my old car, i ended up stripping the splines and cracking the uni join where the steering shaft meets the rack :P

[skatedude39]

Thanks for the reply :blush:

its completly stock havent done a think.

I was thinkin about puttin in power steerin but don't know where or how much parts and shit are ?

[love ke70]

too much, rare as hens teeth, and not worth are the answers you will get.

 

get a wheel alignment and ask them why its so heavy, probably find the castor is wound out too far :)

 

for reference, my stock ke70 i nearly got failed in my driving test for repeatedly palm steering it, and i can't comfortably palmsteer my missus 08 swift.

 

so that should give you an idea of what it should feel like...of course its gonna be heavy when stationary, but even slow speeds should not be bad.

[Tomas_90]

Or you could change to more narrow tires. Fat tires makes it a lot heavier to steer.

 

I'm running 155 tires god knows how old, they might be from the 80's or 90's :D They're totally terrible to drive with tho :D

Edited October 1, 2011 by Tomas_90

[altezzaclub]

I can't see it being stock, mine is lighter than any other car I've owned and they are nearly all power steering.

 

Get a wheel alignment as love said, and

its completly stock

means stock springs, rims and tyres....

 

What does the tyre wear look like right now?? Even right across each tyre tread?

 

If that is OK then jack under each LCA to lift the front tyres an inch off the ground on both side at once and try the steering. Maybe its run out of grease and is jamming inside the rack bush.

 

 

[altezzaclub]

Does it self-return OK when you let the wheel go?? A bent rack might be another option...

[irokin]

Aftermarket rims? Changing the offset will affect the scrub radius and long story short, one of the side effects of negative scrub radius is increased steering effort. They'd have to be a pretty shit offset though on a corolla.

 

MA61s (14x7 +8) create a much lighter steering effort than stock, even with wider tyres. That said if you're running standard rims and tyres I would NOT use that as a band aid solution, something else is seriously wrong.