Re: Steering Clunking

["Jonas Karlsson" <jonas85k@hotmail.com>]

>From: "Sal Guzzo" <pellom@yorku.ca>

>  Where do I start to look and examine for failures.

under the car :-)

I had a clunking steering rack that I traced down to roasted steering rack 
bushings. The rack would actually slide slightly before starting to turn the 
wheels. I also had a problem shifting into 1st when wheels were turned far 
to the left. It would go into reverse instead. The reason is that the shift 
linkage mount is on the rack. I put in poly rack mounts and never had the 
problem again.

Also check that the tie rod ends are all good. For good measure check that 
control arm bushings, ball joints, and upper strut bearings are fine. If all 
those things are solid, then lastly you could check for bad wheel bearings, 
but that's unlikely.

HTH

Jonas
85 Scirocco 2.0
78 Scirocco 1.8
For direct reply: jonas@metabolex.com
http://www.geocities.com/scirocco2l8v
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