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Old 31-08-2012, 01:35 PM
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just a question for the mechanics on here.

im trying to repair my other halfs car x5. has a problem theres a knocking noise when your turn wheel seems to be comming from both sides.

had a look underneath and the sound seems to be comming from the steering rack inner tie rod area i got someone to turn wheel and if i place my finger on the rack i can feel a vibration on the steering rack when you hear the knocking noise.


heres a short video i took in the dark with the inner tie rod boot removed. my friend is turning the wheel side to side & you can hear the noise.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=GAmPQVelb0k

anyone help or have any ideas what it might be.

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looks like the rack to me
Old 31-08-2012, 08:45 PM
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heres a video i took today which you can see better in video as was in daylight.

you can see the tie rod is removed but still have noise as seen in video.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tl9fX...ature=youtu.be

i heard some steering racks you can adjust them by a screw but not sure if its possible on the x5 rack.

anyone come across this problem before?
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