I had a genuine LR lower column that was faulty from the factory. Richard
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19th Feb 2020 11:53 am
nrich
Member Since: 04 Jan 2015
Location: Huddersfield
Posts: 269
where did you get the lower column? I replaced lower column with cheaper one from ebay and to my surprise it cause large amount of play in steering
swapped back to genuine part and all is back to sharp steering again but had a few scary days
Greg
Exactly same experience.
19th Feb 2020 12:25 pm
bembo449
Member Since: 14 Jan 2020
Location: Gainsborough
Posts: 256
this interests me as I have a bit of play in the straight ahead , wondering which part to replace to cure this issue
19th Feb 2020 12:35 pm
grzesiul
Member Since: 11 May 2008
Location: UK
Posts: 6266
is it play due to lower steering column? or suspension steering rack bits?
20th Feb 2020 11:33 am
bembo449
Member Since: 14 Jan 2020
Location: Gainsborough
Posts: 256
if that's directed at me ? it defo seems to be the column , its just been MOT'd and no issues were found with the rack or associated parts pal
20th Feb 2020 12:58 pm
grzesiul
Member Since: 11 May 2008
Location: UK
Posts: 6266
try tightening lower bolt on the lower colum which is notorious for causing this behaviour if that does not resolve i would look for replacement
pal
20th Feb 2020 2:01 pm
bembo449
Member Since: 14 Jan 2020
Location: Gainsborough
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Ok pal will give that a go
20th Feb 2020 4:31 pm
bembo449
Member Since: 14 Jan 2020
Location: Gainsborough
Posts: 256
had a look today , is there 2 UJ on the set up ? the one just below the dash is sound , the movement is defo below the bulk head
3rd Mar 2020 11:04 pm
grzesiul
Member Since: 11 May 2008
Location: UK
Posts: 6266
lower UJ is mainly problematic attached to steering rack direct on one side and bottom of middle steering column
4th Mar 2020 2:15 pm
bembo449
Member Since: 14 Jan 2020
Location: Gainsborough
Posts: 256
Right will check the rack UJ then
Thanks
4th Mar 2020 5:33 pm
highlands
Member Since: 11 Jan 2010
Location: NW Highlands
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Painful looking back at the old threads...when TLO could supply the genuine part for under £52.Black 05 TDV6 HSE Auto
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