HelioDavid
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In need of a bit of help, got a Panda 4x4 1988, recently, driving on a roundabout I hit a pothole and heard a clunk, straight away the steering got stiff and started to want to go on a straight line instead of turning, (you would have to force the steering into turning, almost as if it was in 4x4 mode with locked wheels) got home and jacked the car up and noticed that both the front wheel would turn together in the same direction with the gearbox on neutral. Going back and forward with the wheels would make it release the wheels and lock again with no noticeable pattern. Tried going into 4x4 and back to 4x2 with no luck. when I rotate the wheels I hear something like a piece of mental loose inside the inner drive shaft or maybe the differential, (I guess the a broken drive shaft wouldn’t affect the other wheel?) On the video attached you can hear the noise. Oh and the other weird thing is that when the car was jacked up I notice the wheels where totally miss alined (like 20 degrees) but when I got the car back on its wheels and drove another 10meters the steering went normal again and the wheels where then aligned again. Not sure if the diff was locking the inside wheels on the roundabout and pushing the steering off? never had this before so a bit clueless about this, thinking about opening the gearbox to check the differential but just thought I would ask you guys to see if you think its something else. Thanks everyone! (already asked the question on the Facebook group so, sorry if you are getting the message twice.)
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