Mid Corner Steering Wheel Flutter/shake

[Daniel Allford]

#82 LT Camaro has had shudder in the steering wheel on several occasions. In every case there was play in the steering. But there have been 3 different causes. 1. Loose steering rack, we now double nut the rack in place. 2. Broken steering rack mounts which require rack replacement 3. Broken K member. I have welded the K member 5-6 times, no my welds didn't break, the failure simply moves to another point on the K member as far away as 12" from the lower pick up point. It has be become routine maintenance for me to weld up the K member after most races this year. After TWS we had major cracking on the passenger side. After Hallet (no I didn't go off road or fly or hit anyone) we had cracks on the driver side along with a broken lower shock mount. This is why I voted against the stickier RR tires.

I would like to see tubular K members allowed as the stock units require constant repair & are hard to find.

Bottom line: ANY time I feel shudder in the wheel while cornering we look for cracks and fire up the welder.

Dan Allford
#82

[Supercharged111]

Wow, I'd looked at the ears where the arms mount but gave zero consideration to the thing a foot away. I'll give that a peek in addition to the rack's mounting for sure!

[Al Fernandez]

Maybe you should just drill a couple of holes in that k member and allow it to flex a bit Dan

[Trublu]

Maybe you should just drill a couple of holes in that k member and allow it to flex a bit Dan

or just drill a 1/16" hole to stop the crack propagating....

[Supercharged111]

I gave mine a good once over and can't find any cracks.