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Just a pic of a quick mod i did to the steering idler on the weekend.

Installed a couple of grease nipples so it's a bit easier to keep the bushes lubed.

Hopefully this will encourage more regular greasing and maybe help it last a bit longer.

Very nice mod mate, with all the trouble you Roza guys have with them damn idlers it may catch on!

Nice idea. Does anyone know if from other cars we can use the idler arms or the pitmans? Here in Greece the Daihatsu parts are very expensive so any ideas that some parts from other cars would be good to know.

Nothing has come up so far, and idler arm issues are very common.

Steering parts are not cheap in Australia, was quoted over $300 AU
for a new idler - with useable second hand ones being impossible to
obtain ( at least for me ).

Whilst I havn't tried it yet, mostly because I don't have a spare idler -
i believe bearings instead of bushes would make a big difference.

Even with new polyurethane idler bushes, you can see the idler twisting
which just can't be good for the steering feel and precission.

MightyMouse wrote:Whilst I havn't tried it yet, mostly because I don't have a spare idler -
i believe bearings instead of bushes would make a big difference.

I agree and i plan to try it on the old one i have here. Just have to find some time.

MightyMouse wrote:Even with new polyurethane idler bushes, you can see the idler twisting
which just can't be good for the steering feel and precission.

I have noticed this aswell. This is one of the reasons i removed it the other day was to make sure all was ok.
So i did this while it was off.

and another thing just occured to me looking at my roza...

My bushes stay stationary in the idler arm, which rotates on the pin. How
does the grease get to the pin where ( on mine anyway ) its needed ?

Yeah the bushes move with the arm on mine too.
I drilled through the bush with a smaller drill than what is reqd for the grease nipples, so the grease goes to where it is needed.

Good to see... I suspected as much but it never hurts to check the
obvious and to clarify just in case someone else doesn't see the issue.

I wound up making one from the same teflone product that we use for steam locomotive bearings and hasn't had a problem YET but then i also did the same thing and put in 2 greasy nipples.

Chris