Steering rack or intermediate shaft problem?
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Steering rack or intermediate shaft problem?
So, I've hunted around and read a bunch of posts, and I think ive found what the other phantom noise is on my car.
Car has pulled to the left randomly for awhile now, and whenever you turn you hear a clunking noise. Steering response also just doesn't seem right. Its not horrible, its just.. varied i guess would be the best way to describe it.
Reading others posts it sounds like it might be the intermediate shaft going bad, but im wondering, since I have 172,000 miles on the car, if i swap that out, should i replace the steering rack as well?
Or has anyone else had these issues and found it to be something else?
Car has pulled to the left randomly for awhile now, and whenever you turn you hear a clunking noise. Steering response also just doesn't seem right. Its not horrible, its just.. varied i guess would be the best way to describe it.
Reading others posts it sounds like it might be the intermediate shaft going bad, but im wondering, since I have 172,000 miles on the car, if i swap that out, should i replace the steering rack as well?
Or has anyone else had these issues and found it to be something else?
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Intermediate shaft! Mine does the same thing. I work at a service station and we get cobalts all the time that have a "clunking when turning" we replace the rack and they're back in a week because the noise is still there
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I think I may have the same issue. When you take the steering wheel and go back and forth kind of rapidly i hear a clunking noise. Could that be the same issue as everyone else is discussing?
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Yea. Standing still, or at low speeds you would turn the wheel and hear a clunking noise. I also noticed my steering didnt always come back center. The nut in the subframe wasnt keeping torque (The bolts have been tightened 4 times since March) So we ran a larger bolt thru the rack, and the subframe and put a washer and locknut under the subframe to see if that solves it.
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Yea. Standing still, or at low speeds you would turn the wheel and hear a clunking noise. I also noticed my steering didnt always come back center. The nut in the subframe wasnt keeping torque (The bolts have been tightened 4 times since March) So we ran a larger bolt thru the rack, and the subframe and put a washer and locknut under the subframe to see if that solves it.
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