Any one notice a creak from their steering rack turned fully left or right?
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Yeah sometimes when turning left... but never right...seems to do it when car is cold or at very ver
low speeds... sounds almost like a grating grinding noise... doesnt do it very often...everything looks ok underneath as well
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Yep; may be why the owners manual recommends not locking the steering.
Bad for the rack, the PS pump, etc.
Hadn't read that precaution in other owners manuals before... but then again, never read as many stupid "don't put sharp things in your eye" safety warnings as in the owners manual either. Cheers!
Hadn't read that precaution in other owners manuals before... but then again, never read as many stupid "don't put sharp things in your eye" safety warnings as in the owners manual either. Cheers!
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Most cars have some sort of mechanical stop to limit the steering angle...
for tire/body clearance and to prevent the steering rack from bottoming out. Often these stops are metal to metal, hence the creaking.
42N8 TT makes a good point. Hitting the steering lock and then applying more force stresses the hydraulics in the power steering as well as the mechanicals.
FWIW, if you need full lock to maneuver (parking for example), turn the wheel to full lock then backoff half an inch or so (13 mm?) at the steering wheel rim. You achieve max turn without overloading the system.
42N8 TT makes a good point. Hitting the steering lock and then applying more force stresses the hydraulics in the power steering as well as the mechanicals.
FWIW, if you need full lock to maneuver (parking for example), turn the wheel to full lock then backoff half an inch or so (13 mm?) at the steering wheel rim. You achieve max turn without overloading the system.
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