How to increase steering wheel reaction?

Change your mechanic!!

Here is a picture (ok - so its bust!) of the part your mechanic claims your car doesn't have!!



Could either be a CV clicking or the Vacuum hub is stuck?

If the axle is moving then something is pushing it such as a rubbing tyre, siezed or broken CV joint. Can you feel the push or a snatch through the steering?

Martin

THOR wrote: i've talked to a mechanic and he told me that my jimny does not have a CV...he said its an old type of axle without CV (something about a "ball-bone" type)...anyway here's a photo:

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he told me that it is probably a loose wheel bearing...
could this be it??

What's all that dark stuff on the wheel that looks like some sort of oil that's leaked and been wiped off? Are your swivel joints leaking?

If they are, how much diff oil is left in the front diff?

Has leaking diff oil gone through the swivel housing and washed the grease out of your CV's?

With the upmost respect, I think given the lack of understanding and experience you seem to have through the questions you are asking, at this time it might be an idea that you find a good local mechanic that knows what they are talking about, rather than the one you have been dealing with who clearly doesn't!

I think the hubs need stripping down and all components need inspecting but before hand an experinced person needs to look at the problem. It is difficult for people on here to diagnose the problems from description alone.

In respect of the track bar (panhard rod), that should have been something you did with the lift, rather than after.

In respect of the odd feeling streering, it is due to the castor angle being wrong, and I doubt a local tyre shop with basic geometry measuring equiptment could have measured it, so I suspect they were just taking your money. They might have been able to check camber, which has no adjustment on a Jimny, and tracking, which would need adjusting with the new panhard rods you need.

I hope this helps.

Kirkynut