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exDisco2 *
Joined: 18 Dec 2021 Posts: 10 Location: Kent
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Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2023 10:20 Post subject: Steering rattle |
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In the hunt for the souce of a recent rattle detected in the steering I lifted the front of my Mk4 and waggled the wheels. As a result I think that I can feel play in the OS steering link within the boot, i.e. not at the track-rod end. Is this plausible and what is the remedy, please? |
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assassin ********
Age: 64 Zodiac: Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Posts: 5077 Location: Wherever I Wander To -- Midlands
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Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2023 2:56 Post subject: |
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Remove the boot and unscrew the end, fit a new end and screw it in, get the steering tracked. |
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exDisco2 *
Joined: 18 Dec 2021 Posts: 10 Location: Kent
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Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2023 11:06 Post subject: |
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assassin wrote: |
Remove the boot and unscrew the end, fit a new end and screw it in, get the steering tracked. |
Thank you
Would that be the solution even though there is no movement in the track rod end i.e. at the hub end but I can feel movement under the boot? Am wondering about the tie rod 4422A036 which, I discovered after I posted the question, has a joint. |
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radiomike ******
Joined: 04 Aug 2010 Posts: 1483 Location: North Bucks
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Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2023 14:47 Post subject: |
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You need to remove the boot and see where the play is, it could be the tie rod joint or the rack itself. |
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exDisco2 *
Joined: 18 Dec 2021 Posts: 10 Location: Kent
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Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2023 15:41 Post subject: |
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radiomike wrote: |
You need to remove the boot and see where the play is, it could be the tie rod joint or the rack itself. |
Thanks.
My original thought was that it is the rack but would I not feel the movement on both sides if that was the case?
I know that boot-off is the next step. |
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radiomike ******
Joined: 04 Aug 2010 Posts: 1483 Location: North Bucks
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Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2023 15:59 Post subject: |
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exDisco2 wrote: |
radiomike wrote: |
You need to remove the boot and see where the play is, it could be the tie rod joint or the rack itself. |
Thanks.
My original thought was that it is the rack but would I not feel the movement on both sides if that was the case?
I know that boot-off is the next step. |
No, the rack runs in a bush on the passenger side and is supported by a spring loaded guide MR510265 against the pinion on the driver side. |
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