Steering Rack Clunking

[pugpete1108 62 1 Cars]

was round the garage today and noticed a fair bit of clunking going on when turning the steering wheel, it sounds like its coming from the lower steering joint but cant be sure. i have replaced both tre and these have done 0 miles so it cant be that?

 

what else could be knocking down there? its polybushed and i'm pretty sure the ball joints ore ok? unless it could be the drop links? or i havent done something up properly

 

what i'm asking really is can a steering rack fail internally? its not pas or anything and the gaiter are in good nick.

[swordfish210 20]

Top Mounts, droplinks?

[hengti 2]

, bottom arm ball joints

 

if it's the rack, could be the track rods or the rack itself, although don't think they've a rep for probs

[pugpete1108 62 1 Cars]

i can feel it coming up the steering wheel and its mainly/worse when turning the wheel left so it could well be a droplink as they are pretty much the only part of the front susp i have not replaced.

 

i was just worried the rack was fubared. i'll have to get my head under there and get the missus to turn the wheel and see if i can pinpoint it.

 

hopeing its not balljoints as they are expensive , why didnt they make them replacable like most other pugs?

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i had a rack that had play in the nearside theres a plastic bush that had worn managed to replace it in situ but it was quite a fiddle got the bush from out of a s/h one ..

[kate205gti 4]

what state are the driveshafts in?

[pugpete1108 62 1 Cars]

what state are the driveshafts in?

 

not 100% tbh, it is not when driving (not that i have driven it far enough) its when stationary

 

just ordered some more droplinks just to eliminate that anyway

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I had a problem like this. It turned out the bolts holding the rack on had worked loose .

[pugpete1108 62 1 Cars]

I had a problem like this. It turned out the bolts holding the rack on had worked loose .

 

good thinking batman will give it a check tomorrow

 

i took it off to paint it 5yrs ago so it could well be loose bolts

[hothatch 2]

inner steering joint bud, inside the gaiter, most cars they can be changed but unsure about the 205 ones. i hope they can because mine is shagged !!! easier for me though because the subframes going to be off.

[pugpete1108 62 1 Cars]

inner steering joint bud, inside the gaiter, most cars they can be changed but unsure about the 205 ones. i hope they can because mine is shagged !!! easier for me though because the subframes going to be off.

 

will keep that in mind mate, hopefully its not that.

 

it was ok before i started the conversion and hasnt been run on the road since so i cant see it being that. fingers crossed

[hothatch 2]

will keep that in mind mate, hopefully its not that.

 

it was ok before i started the conversion and hasnt been run on the road since so i cant see it being that. fingers crossed

 

fair enough, you know yourself whats changed on the car. but you know where else to look if your stuck

[pugpete1108 62 1 Cars]

fair enough, you know yourself whats changed on the car. but you know where else to look if your stuck

 

it'll turn out to be that now knowing my luck