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Mail From: Chi Row <(email redacted)>


If I could tap into your knowledge base, I have a problem with a
manual steering rack that I just put in.

With P/S, there was no problem. With the rack swapped to a manual, I
am getting these clucking noise which you can hear and feel in the
steering wheel.

It usually happens when a torque put on the steering wheel and as the
wheel is turned the other way, I will start hearing the noise. Once
it starts, it will repeat it as I am turning the wheel. Sometimes it
happens sometimes not.

I have been trying to find the source of the noise and it sounds like
it's coming from the steering column itself.

I suspect that there is something wrong with either the steering rack
tooth or where the intermediate shaft is going into the rack. I
don't hear any noise down there. I only hear it in steering column
area. The U-joint where the steering column ties into intermediate
shaft looks fine and no noise there as far as I can tell.

Before I buy another steering rack, is there anything I could try see
exactly where this problem might be?


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Chi Row
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JenJen 95 M-Edition

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Mail From: "Jyri J. Virkki" <(email redacted)>


Once upon a time Chi Row wrote:
>
>
> With P/S, there was no problem. With the rack swapped to a manual, I
> am getting these clucking noise which you can hear and feel in the
> steering wheel.
[...]
> I have been trying to find the source of the noise and it sounds like
> it's coming from the steering column itself.

If it didn't happen with the PS rack then it shouldn't be a problem in
the column (assuming you didn't change that as well). Unless the PS
just masked the problem due to the lack of feedback.

That happened to me when I changed to the manual rack. The steering
column had cracked the little plastic piece that's inside it, allowing
some wiggle. Couldn't feel it with the PS, but it was noticeable with
the manual. Try pushing/pulling on the column (in the engine bay)
while keeping one hand on the steering wheel. If the column in fine,
you shouldn't feel any motion in the wheel.


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