copy252

is it just me or does your guys steering feel nice and "acura" like. what i mean is the nice loose feeling. seems like mine tightens up a bit after i drive a little while. if this something normal or known? change steering fluid?

vishnus11

I feel the same thing to but was told that its normal (by this forum). I actually like it better, cause it gets stiffer.

Ken1997TL

It gets tighter based upon several factors.. mainly the amount of torque sensed.

nick96acuratl

ok my was stiff as fuck and the steering wheel wouldnt return back.. next thing i know my lower right ball joint was seizing up and it was soo worned out that it poped right out messing up my wheel

i replaced upper and lower balls joints and from that on never had a problem steering wheel nice and loose at low speeds and tight at high.

TLBaller

i love a car that has a sensitive steering wheel. i drove my uncles jag (the old school expensive ones) and it had bad steering..i guess low to no fluid or something but i got big guns just driving that thing over the summer.

copy252

well my steering wheel always returns after a turn so i dont think theres a problem

vishnus11

I think that OP is referring to how a given turn 1 minute after you start the car is easier than the same given turn 30min after the car has been tighted. It seems as if the steering "toughens" up after a while (which I like).

Of course, our steering is speed and torque sensitive.

copy252

OP??? anyways you hit that on the nose. my 93 vigor never tightend up like this though. its not a problem its just something i noticed so i thought id ask. thank for all the input

Ken1997TL

Hmm it shouldnt tighten up that much. Have you kept up on your steering maintainence?

ljmushock

speed sensitive steering... takes a pinky to pull out of parking spots... nice and firm when your on the highway... just another one of those luxury features that make our acuras so nice!

vishnus11

copy252: OP=original poster

ken: complete flush of powersteering fluid 2 years ago. I think they put some valvoline maxlife stuff in instead of Honda OEM fluid. Could be that?

lmushock: We're not talking about speed. A given turn at 5mph, 1min after starting the car, is slightly easier to do than the same turn at 5mph, 30min after starting the car.


EDIT: If I had to make a guess, I'd say that its because the fluid isn't Honda. I don't remember this phenomenon happpening when I first got the car a few years back.

copy252

makes all the sense in the world now

copy252

i have no clue when the lady who had the car before me did her thing with the steering maintenance. I do know that it was brought to the dealer every 3000 and had all squeduled crap done. ima do power steering drain and coolant at like 75,000 which is about 2 months away it looks