Espen
09-21-2011, 01:22 PM
A while since last time i posted here, but now I really need your help here.
My car, a 2002 530DAT have been through alot of maintenance this summer. I have replaced most bushings and links in front suspension. I even replaced the steering rack whilst pursuing the source of a bad sound when riding on rough roads.
So the car was very nice to drive, and after the last visit to the local indie where i replaced a torque rod(? correct english word?) I had a wheel alignment.
Now, after all this I started to notice that the steeringwheel would "lock" and give me resistance when going out of left turns. For example when turning left through a roundabout and turning right to exit it, it wants to keep going to the left.
It gets even weirder, because this only happends when the car is in movement, I can turn the steering wheel from end to end without problems when parked. But as soon as i am driving, even slow, it starts locking.
Ive had it at a budy who works at the BMW dealer, he has done a steeringwheel-angle-sensor reinitiation, but with no luck. So what could this be ?
I can think of a bad powersteering pump? (but then it would be present also when parked)
U joint in steering column, but that would also be present when parked, right?
My car, a 2002 530DAT have been through alot of maintenance this summer. I have replaced most bushings and links in front suspension. I even replaced the steering rack whilst pursuing the source of a bad sound when riding on rough roads.
So the car was very nice to drive, and after the last visit to the local indie where i replaced a torque rod(? correct english word?) I had a wheel alignment.
Now, after all this I started to notice that the steeringwheel would "lock" and give me resistance when going out of left turns. For example when turning left through a roundabout and turning right to exit it, it wants to keep going to the left.
It gets even weirder, because this only happends when the car is in movement, I can turn the steering wheel from end to end without problems when parked. But as soon as i am driving, even slow, it starts locking.
Ive had it at a budy who works at the BMW dealer, he has done a steeringwheel-angle-sensor reinitiation, but with no luck. So what could this be ?
I can think of a bad powersteering pump? (but then it would be present also when parked)
U joint in steering column, but that would also be present when parked, right?