Steering Wheel Road Feedback

[benni8]

Afternoon All,

 

04 Fabia VRS

 

I have recently had my tracking done and since then I have been putting more attention into how the car feels on the road while driving and an annoying trait has become apparent.

 

No matter what speed I go, I can feel the feedback of the road through the steering wheel.

 

In my Mrs car, (07 focus) the steering wheel is still and vibration free every time I have drove it. When I jump in mine and drive the same road, even though the car doesn’t pull to either side, I can feel every bump or even surface in the steering wheel.

 

Is there any way to rectify this at all, or as anyone else had a similar experience?

 

Bushes and track rods replaced within the last 2 years

[sepulchrave]

Wow, I can't believe you're complaining, I reset my power steering to minimum assist with speed sensitivity and it still feels a bit remote. You lucky man, if you get to the bottom of it tell me how you fixed it so I can reverse engineer your changes.

[KenONeill]

Likewise; getting more feedback strikes me as the exact opposite of a problem!

[rum4mo]

Would thick woolly gloves not work???

 

Edit:- if he wanted to take it to extremes, maybe a pair of ones like you should really use with a chainsaw? (I am only trying to cheer myself up as I've got a horrible cold!)

Edited 21 February, 2018 by rum4mo

[benni8]

Lol..

 

Because i dont use it to bomb around in, i just cruise around on the motorway to work etc.. and just take stillness and less feedback feel as more refined.

 

On motorway if i let go of steering wheel it doesnt pull either left or right.. but jutters (slightly) with any change in road surface. 

 

On cobbled roads even slow i feel like steering wheel has a mind of its own 

 

[JWvrs25]

what are the console bushes like?

[KenONeill]

@benni8 - So you don't care if, for example:-

1. The road surface is starting to break up
2. TRS is muddy
3. A sudden drop in temperature has left you driving on sheet ice?

[JWvrs25]

maybe the OP is referring to excessive vibrations rather than 'good' feedback through the wheel. Could a wheel be out of balance? took me ages to realise one of mine was buckled as i only noticed something was up when driving on a smooth road and wondered why the steering wheel had so much 'feedback' on a newly surfaced road.

[benni8]

So if any of you guys got on the motorway.. at 70mph in a straight line the steering wheel is completely vibration free to your hands?

[JWvrs25]

with regular rubber wishbone bushes then probably, with poly ones there is some vibration but i'm so used to it i can only notice if i concentrate hard on it.

[KenONeill]

It's going to depend on what you mean by "vibrations".

 

There's no "out of balance moment" at 100mph on my private test track, but I am made aware of road imperfections at 50mph on the public highway.