Hi all my steering rack is cluncking when i wiggle he steering wheel i have checked the track rod ends out and there all fine, also my power steering pump is making a rattling noise and when i turn the steering wheel the engine revs drop by 300rpm and as soon as the rack clunks the revs return back to normal the pump also gets quite noisy when the revs drop, could this be a faulty pump or rack has anyone had this problem before Cheers Ben.

 

sounds like the pump need changed the revs drop if the cars turning over anyway beacuse its using engine power. have you checked you steering bushes and rack

 

I aint got a clue how to check em mate basicly i have checked the track rod ends the little union joints on the steering colum all these are fine the cluncking is comeing from inside the stearing rack where the coloum goes in could the pump be doing this also when i change gear the car stears itself to the right also when im in a corner it will suddenly pull to the side its that bad ive nearly crashed a couple of times
Cheers Ben

 

hhmmm sounds like a ball joint to me mate jact the car up and try to lift the wheel up and down if there is excessive play then its a ball joint

 

naa mat thats what i thought i just changed the bottom arms and the springs n top mounts everything is fine the problem is either steerin rack or pump i think im gonna change em both the steering rack aint easy to change tho lol

 

yeah the steering rack is a bastard to do good luck id change that and take it from there

 

hi i just been to the garage its definately the steering rack whats the best way of gettting it out i have removed the wheels undone the track rod ends and the exaust im gona drop the sub frame is that the best way cheers ben

 

its off now sorted it just gotta find a new rack now

 

Any body no the cheapest place to get a steering rack

 

scrappy or buy a spares or repair car

 

got a rack from a local ford scrappy top notch service fitted it and found another problem lol the bottom arm i fitted last week is fucked the front rubber bush has collapsed and there is shit loads of play in it i cant believe it so now i wonder if its a dodgy arm or i fucked it pushing it down to fit my shocks? or the old rack fucked it ill try takein it back anyways.

 

what you taking back

 

The bottom arm doubt they will accept it tho they will come up with a laim excuse like its because i have got 17'' wheels on do you have problems wid ur bottom arms only lasting a week lol

 

that has nothing to do with it the wheel size try taking it back. i see you got your sig sorted then

 

Yeah i was tryin to load it into the avatar lol yeah i sorted my car now i got a new bottom arm i lost the reciept for the last one so im gonna use my new receipt to take it back they shouldnt have any problems with returnin it they have changed suppliers i think cos now there madeby hitec parts i think there about as good as hitec trainers lol does someone sell the rose jointed arms its worth savin up for a pair i think as ford designed the oe ones to fall to bits after 3-4 months there shit lol