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Tech Forum => Workshop => Topic started by: Brynjaminjones on October 21, 2013, 11:51:53 AM

Title: XJ Steering Weight
Post by: Brynjaminjones on October 21, 2013, 11:51:53 AM

Morning Dastards,

A chat with a friend at uni today revealed that he has an '89 XJ in Portugal, and his first comment was that the steering is unbelievably light. Last year I drove a '96 XJ, and that had really really light steering too.
Compared to that, my '98 feels fairly heavy - this got me wondering, do the facelifts have heavier steering, or is something just not right with mine??  :003:

Title: Re: XJ Steering Weight
Post by: Mike Pavelin on October 21, 2013, 12:28:08 PM

It's normal.

Title: Re: XJ Steering Weight
Post by: Brynjaminjones on October 21, 2013, 12:31:07 PM

I like that answer  :icon_super:

Title: Re: XJ Steering Weight
Post by: XJ Fan on October 21, 2013, 12:52:42 PM

I have had a facelift and a non-facelift, and the steering is lighter on the facelift; however I put that down to having road tyres on it rather than off-road.

Title: Re: XJ Steering Weight
Post by: JamesH on October 23, 2013, 10:16:28 AM

The steering box in earlier ones is different and gives lighter steering

Title: Re: XJ Steering Weight
Post by: Brynjaminjones on October 23, 2013, 10:48:18 AM

Cool, cheers for the advice guys