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Steering knuckle/up-pipe sensor clearance
Hey,
I just got some 4>2>1 X-force equal length headers fitted to my car but there seems to be a clearance issue between a steering knuckle and the exhaust sensor in the up-pipe. When i steer the car left and right, the steering knuckle rotates and rubs against the side of the sensor sticking out of the up-pipe. The rubbing is pritty bad to the point that sometimes my steering wheel doesnt correct itself (restraighten itself) when i come out of a turn, i can feel engine vibration on the steering wheel and you can feel the rubbing when you turn the wheel in a 'thud thud' feeling. Its not the safest thing driving around like this so i wanna try to get it fixed ASAP. Any ideas on how i could get around this problem? Shorter sensor? (if there is such a thing) Bending the sensor? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Cheers -Nick
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My up pipe has two entries for the sensor 1 on the steering side and one on the othere side, then use a blank in the thread near the steering column
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Mine only has the one hole for the sensor ..
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No ideas? Thought atleast one guy on here might have run into this same problem ..
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relocate the sensor. get another bung welded in.
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Nick dosent the bung go into the upipe??? i thought that was separate from the headers??
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Tino,
The headers are one piece, replacing the factory exhaust manifold and up pipe. Your setup would have needed a custom fabricated pipe that bolted to the flange that would have bolted straight to the turbo as your turbo was angle mounted.
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didnt know the xforce have the uppipe and headers as one piece.
if that is the case, off the headers come. |
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clearance, knuckle or uppipe, sensor, steering |
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