Bad steering damper? Some bad handling...

[2309cc]

Hey all-

So I'm having some horrible handling in the coupe. The handling is very squirrely overall. The car sways from any uneven-ness (maybe that's a word ), it moves side to side as if it is losing control on high speed curves, and does the same under heavy braking at decent speeds. The car still handles fine, just there is a lot of slack in the steering it seems. Also the wheel must be turned about 40* right to stay straight, also for example, to turn left i must turn the wheel to 0* and then turn it left. All my bushings are good from what I can tell as are the ball joints/tie rods.

I posted on another forum and told this was the steering damper...just wanted to make sure as I can;t get the current damper out!

Thanks.

Cheers

[Josh-stateside]

"My car is handling funny. Is it the rack?
Maybe not. It is very difficult to inspect, analyze or guess what the exact problem is over the phone or through email. The smartest thing to do is to bring your car to a Porsche professional who is familiar with that particular suspension. Most front end specialists can find common problems, and it's worth your time and small investment to get an expert opinion and "quote" (why worry and postulate the unknown). What you can do is ask yourself some questions: (a) how many miles are on the car, (b) when is the last time I had a front end alignment, (c) do the ball joints, inner and outer tie rods or shocks have over 100,000 miles on them, or (d) don't laugh, how's the tire pressure."

just happen to be reading that^^^^

Cheers
Josh

[jameswkr]

Apart from the obvious, also check your steering rack adjustment. I do not think its down to the damper. I have run with mine disconnected with no problems - but you will feel more kick-back on irregular surfaces through the steering wheel.