discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Donating Members 13,798 Member For: 16y 4m 23d Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 17/10/12 06:25 AM Share Posted 17/10/12 06:25 AM Progress of sorts, congrats on the hard evidence! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ale Member 249 Member For: 12y 7m 22d Posted 27/10/12 10:32 AM Author Share Posted 27/10/12 10:32 AM (edited) So this morning I backed her into the workshop and pulled the column out. Looking at this pic you can clearly see the miss alignment since last calibrated:Sensor off the collar, quickly reveals Fraud where correct in saying that the easiest fix is to replace the column, Im assuming the white collar that the SAS rides on must be pressed into the lower bearing of the column at the same time the column is assembled, see:I then used some vice grips to rotate the collar back and re allign the marks:I couldn't get the collar out of the bearing, so Im pretty sure its pressing into the bearing at the same time the upper half of the telescopic shaft is, thus becoming "sandwiched" between the OD of the upper shaft and the ID of the bearing. Then the lower half of the shaft (which is the length adjustable bit) is inside the whole lot.So , without knowing if fraud supply the collar as a separate part ( its Saturday), I didn't want to destroy it totally trying to get it out so instead did a wog fix.Slid a strip of thin rubber between the ID of the collar and the OD of the smaller lower shaft to make up the difference, and put a hose clamp on it.:Once back in the car, adjusted the column like I like it and did the clamp up.:This in turn locks the collar onto the bottom half of the shaft as well as the original top half. Unfortunately, the column is no longer adjustable in length (still adjustabel height wise) but the collar shouldn't rotate on it, thus no more error.Its far from ideal, but will do until I work out a better fix.As long as no one was to try and adjust the length of the column, the car functions as Fraud intended. Took it for a 1hr drive this arvo, no more DSC error. Edited 27/10/12 10:37 AM by Ale 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuckSqueezeBangBlow ʎǝʞuoɯ ɹoıuǝs Donating Members 1,808 Member For: 15y 4m Gender: Male Posted 27/10/12 10:58 AM Share Posted 27/10/12 10:58 AM this should be a sticky/pinned thread somewhere. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stazza_Brendan Donating Members 686 Member For: 14y 6m 5d Gender: Male Location: Mackay QLD Posted 27/10/12 11:32 AM Share Posted 27/10/12 11:32 AM ^ Definately. As these cars become older, these funny errors will become more and more common. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuckSqueezeBangBlow ʎǝʞuoɯ ɹoıuǝs Donating Members 1,808 Member For: 15y 4m Gender: Male Posted 27/10/12 08:35 PM Share Posted 27/10/12 08:35 PM Forgot to say thanks Ale for taking the time to take pics of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ale Member 249 Member For: 12y 7m 22d Posted 27/10/12 09:10 PM Author Share Posted 27/10/12 09:10 PM No worries mate, it took hrs of googling to find out that this issue has been encounted before. Not by many though, and only early bf cars. Dealer said it was quite a rare failure amongst the myraid of usuals.Even if this topic helps one other person its done its job.I will look into a better fix though and be sure to add it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bionicxr6t05 Bronze Donating Members 2,216 Member For: 12y 8m 20d Gender: Male Posted 27/10/12 09:19 PM Share Posted 27/10/12 09:19 PM Well done on the fix mate, never seen this happen myself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wenier Donating Members 1,736 Member For: 14y 2m 29d Gender: Male Location: Christchurch, New Zealand Posted 28/10/12 04:50 AM Share Posted 28/10/12 04:50 AM Glad to see you've come up with a way to make it work. Bugger to see that the white plastic piece is to stuck on to get off but not stuck on enough to not rotate.Hopefully you wont see this DSC issue again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rokkie Member 87 Member For: 11y 6m 27d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide, SA Posted 24/11/12 11:22 PM Share Posted 24/11/12 11:22 PM great to see you have found the cause. Have not heard of the white collar rotating untill now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_4.0 Member 1,096 Member For: 13y 2m 28d Posted 25/11/12 02:03 AM Share Posted 25/11/12 02:03 AM Fingers crossed for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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