Check Steering System
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2022 Subaru WRX. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
For steering wheel assembly, column assembly steering, universal joint assembly steering, and steering gearbox assembly, check the following items, and if there is anything out of standard value, it is considered to be damaged. If so, replace it with a new part.
- Check the following items for the column assembly steering. Ref. to POWER ASSISTED SYSTEM (POWER STEERING)>STEERING COLUMN>INSPECTION
- Mounting conditions and deflection of front and rear, upward and downward directions of the steering wheel assembly and column assembly steering.
- Deflection of front and rear, upward and downward directions, and mounting condition to vehicle body of the column assembly steering. (After a collision, absorbing part of the column assembly steering may have been operated.)
- Check for deflection and the swing load of the universal joint assembly steering. Ref. to POWER ASSISTED SYSTEM (POWER STEERING)>UNIVERSAL JOINT>INSPECTION
- Check the following items for the steering gearbox assembly. Ref. to POWER ASSISTED SYSTEM (POWER STEERING)>ELECTRIC POWER STEERING GEARBOX>INSPECTION
- Rack sliding resistance and deflection
- Input shaft play
- Rotational resistance of gearbox