2002 SSEI

"Read" your owners manual, it should give a maintenance schedule. Supercharges shouldnt need to be touched for 80k miles from what I remember. Is there any noise associated with the steering pulses? Is variable effort steering equipped on your car? There are a few service bulletins out for this year car. One involves lubricating the "intermediate steering shaft". That "symtom" you have can be traced to a lot of area's however.

Why would you want to screw up a perfectly good steering and handling geometry?

Ya know, if you do that your speedos gonna be off and your odometer will also be. I think it'll tell you a faster speed then you're going...

No noise associated with steering pulses. We'll take the car in under warranty and see what happens... yes, the 2002 SSEI has variable effort steering. Thanks for convincing me get rid of my stock chrome rims if I lower the tire profile. I like the clean looks of low profile tires on cars.

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Lloyd, Are you planning to sell those stock chrome rims?

-- markwb

We'll have to wait until we get some more miles on the tires. Once they need replacing and the new rims aren't too pricey then we will sell the stock chrome rims. thanks for asking... Lloyd

For supercharge, you don't need to change the oil. In fact, I don't think you can change the oil unless you physically remove the supercharge off the intake. There is a screw (allen key) behind the pulley that you can open to check for oil level (check when cold or engine has stopped for at least 10 min). I have supercharge on my car. Never had to do anything with it!