Ian
I had this once on a Triumph Dolomite. Imagine the scene. It's Saturday morning. We were going on holiday to Torquay for two weeks. My daughter was nearly two, and at my mothers, awaiting pick up. I packed the car to the roof, and got showered. It was hot - August.......
I went to fill up. As I left the filling station and applied lock, there was a bang, and the steering wheel had gone off-centre. On the next bend it banged the other way and centred.
Oh Sh**,
I thought.
So I rang the wife (at work) using a real phone (no mobiles)- told her to get the bus home.
Next I got changed, got under and removed the rack on the drive. I stripped it, (and here's the punchline) - there was a pinion thrust washer which located the pinion to prevent it riding up the rack, and this had collapsed, leading to dangerous movement. To cut a long story short, I put the dodgy rack back on the car and drove to the nearest scrappy. Luckily there was a Dolomite on the ground with no wheels, and the rack was accessible. Half an hour later it was in the boot and I was on the way home. Two hours later it was fitted. By now it was about five o'clock, so we decided to get an early night and set off in the early hours of Sunday. We got to Torquay a day late, and my fingernails needed work.......
Anyway, the point is this - I don't know what holds the pinion (or rack) in place on the Mog, but rotation of the inner means it's not doing its job.
