Outer Limits 4x4 Board

okay, i have had a KNOWN NAME boss kit on my GQ for some time now, with my sports Steering wheel,

now today whils driving along my steering locks up, and heres what i found

edited and removed business names, mods will want it done anyways, will be getting in touch with company to find out what the go is.

also, im a quiete lucky, i had a phone call, and had to return home, as the time it took me to turn around and start driving againi was only going 10k's max, if i hadnt have turned around i would have either been on the hair pin entry ramp to the freeway or on the freeway clocking 100+k's,

just something to keep your eye out for.

Isn't that the horn slip-ring?

Must be friggin strong to make your steering lock up.

Holy crap!

Ive got the same brand boss kit on my GQ.

Ill be checking it on the weekend.

to drive it, i could only drive straight and left, i have 3 right hand turns in my street

Gribble wrote:Isn't that the horn slip-ring?

Must be friggin strong to make your steering lock up.

it is the horn slip ring, thats come apart, its not the easiest to bend, its also go a clump of solder on it that the wire is connected to, so much for the glue they stick it on with

I have had a boss kit which cracked allowing the spline to loosen off and slip....It happened as I was heading down to a set of rock steps, and if the steering had slipped on the steps themselves I would have been farked. I tightened the fark out of the retainer bolt with some newspaper around the spline and it got me home, and when I went to the place of purchase they said there was nothing wrong with it I went off at em and made them ring the manafacturer and had a chat with them myself and it was promptly replaced with me taking some time to look over the replacment for cracks, defects, srinkege etc from the casting, and It is ok but it scared the s*** out of me when I happened, I wonder if you could sue them if the boss had let go on the rocksteps and caused me to roll? the brand was also well known.

I had a well known kit on my maverick.It was fitted properly and everything, the spline on the cast stripped out (free spinning steering wheel scary stuff)Took it back,they got another of the same brand off the shelf, same problem.Got another brand all good 2years later

There is one brand that the thickness around the outside of the spline is only about 8mm thick and they distort/swell which lets the wheel start to rock which then leads to stripped splines.
Anyone that has an aftermarket steering wheel and boss kit should regularly check to see that the retaining nut is tight as the alloy casting can distort enough over time to loosen the nut.

Do you think that they fail due to the stress imposed by the drivers basically having to hang of for dear lifewhen doing the serious rock climbing. Has anyone had one go on them who just drive regulary on the tarmac where there is limited stress imposed.

For eg the passenger has a jesus bar but the driver has to hang on and turn which would be stressful. MHO

RN

i have a moo moo one. the spline looks very poor and looks like they rely on the user to fully spline it when they tighten it up. also the part where the ehwwl bolts on is crappy 4mm bolts that penetrate 2 or 3 mm into poorly tapped threads. what happened to at least 11/2 x thread depth. i had already put a deposit on it an had to buy it

I meant to add that the little bolts that hold the actual wheel to the boss should be checked regulalrly too as they can work loose as well.
I put a smudge of the weakest (can't remember the colour) loctite on the threads to stop them working loose. I wouldn't put full strength on as the threads would probably strip right out if you attempted to remove the screws.
You could be right about the strain put on the hub by the driver, I had an old HJ47 without power steering that I put a mm wheel on years ago and it constantly came loose. The same wheel fitted to the next truck a HJ75 with power steer never had a problem.
I don't have any prob on the humvee even with the huge tyres and the power of the steering.

RoadNazi wrote:Do you think that they fail due to the stress imposed by the drivers basically having to hang of for dear lifewhen doing the serious rock climbing. Has anyone had one go on them who just drive regulary on the tarmac where there is limited stress imposed.
RN

Mine happened when i first purchased my Mav. I fitted the kit and Sports wheel as soon as i got it home. While i was doing it up, my missus was the only one who drove it to and from work (had never gone off road since fitting). One arvo i was lucky to get it in to a auto sparky to check out the solinoid for the diff lock. I called her when she was on her way home to take it in. She turned into the car park driveway and instintly lost all steering (the steering wheel was free spinning). If i hadn't got it into the sparky that arvo, it would have gone while she was on the hwy. This all happened within 2 mths of fitting it.

Mav dog.

.that is so scary. I think if I replace the wheel I will get a genuine nissan wheel from a sportier model. At least you know the wheel won't fall apart.

cheers

RN

The problem with most steering wheel boss kits is that they are designed for onroad use, not the stresses of offroad. I think if you were changing the steering boss on your car you would be best going for a competition spec one that hasn't been built on the same line that produces them for lancers or pulsars. May cost more in the short term but after some of these stories it would be worth it.

I have one on both my cars, and the only reason is so I can fit in properly other wise I would stick with the standard nissan. All I can suggest is check the quality of the casting coz mine was not cheap........the wheel itself was only cheap, but the boss was over $200.00

Tiny wrote:I have one on both my cars, and the only reason is so I can fit in properly other wise I would stick with the standard nissan. All I can suggest is check the quality of the casting coz mine was not cheap........the wheel itself was only cheap, but the boss was over $200.00

what brand is yours tiny ... and where did you get it?

Hoonz wrote:

Tiny wrote:I have one on both my cars, and the only reason is so I can fit in properly other wise I would stick with the standard nissan. All I can suggest is check the quality of the casting coz mine was not cheap........the wheel itself was only cheap, but the boss was over $200.00

what brand is yours tiny ... and where did you get it?

got it from repco, not sure of the brand, but will check