Steering knock fecking me off

[R5MJH]

hi all, right ive put all mikes suspension on the car and refitted the drive shaft,
befor i took it to bits it had a knock but i put it down to all the play in the donuts and other suspension parts, i put it back on and briefly drove it tonight and the knocks still there im going to check tom but has anyone else had this??

theres no play in the struts themselves its had new track rod ends and bottom swivels about 500 miles ago and the uj dont seem to have play and also it only seems to do it when on the ground tbh theres not much it could be maybe the rack or the rack track rod, does the bottom part of the column in the car every go???
also the steering wheel has no play in the car in or out so i presume the steering column bush is ok

thanx in advance mick

[mingblus3]

I know it sounds daft but could it possibly be something else. Like the water bottle moving around in the bracket. I've always thought the rubber strap with a load of water in the bottle would do a poor job of supporting it.

[TopCat]

The plastic cover on the bottom of the rack sometimes comes loose. Mine did and knocked like a slag when I turned.

[R5MJH]

thanx tc its not got one so its not that

ill check bottle 2morrow si but i can hear something when i rock the wheel like they do on the mot, theres no play thou

[mingblus3]

probably not the water bottle then if you can do it while stationary. I hate any sort of knocks or squeaks and they are usually quite hard to pin down. What about the driveshafts. Not that I know anything about drive shafts but could be one could be on it's way out.

[R5MJH]

ok had a quick look today and its got play in the rack somewhere, looks like it could be the ns track rod but not 100% im going to get it in the air tom and remove the steering rack gaitors to see whats goin on also im not ruling the uj totally out until i check it tom, hopefully this will be the end of it and then mot but tbh mikes got my subaru for a week and i need the seicento so hes not that worried anywayz pmsl

[James5]

Fingers crossed that rear diff on you poobaru holds out with him power sliding it

[R5MJH]

Fingers crossed that rear diff on you poobaru holds out with him power sliding it

ive told him jim if he brakes it, hes bought it
kin tosser he is
lucky i aint done all the upgrades yet, running 340 to him is wrapping it up

[James5]

ive told him jim if he brakes it, hes bought it
kin tosser he is
lucky i aint done all the upgrades yet, running 340 to him is wrapping it up

I am sure he is looking after it

[R5MJH]

ok so i put the car in the air today and theres no play but ive found the fault

its the steering rack 100% feels like theres a tooth missing on the cog

id like a recon part anyone got any ideas thanx as always mick

[R5MJH]

just ordered a refurbed rack from cgb not bad £95 delivered off there site, all new parts except the out part bob recons

[R5MJH]

was the rack this time so sorted