director_steve
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Evenin' all.
Apologies if this is a dumb question, i've tried to search but not come up with anything obvious. Vehicle is a 1992/3 200tdi 110 hard top with 185k on the clock, used daily, runs sweetly. Usually. Owned her for 16months and will never, ever sell her.
I have a slight steering 'knock': when turning into a corner i hear a knocking noise. It happens most of the time, but not always, and i usually hear it once or twice on a sharp bend (roundabouts etc). It also happens when i park the vehicle and spin the steering, without moving anywhere.
I plan to jack up the front tomorrow and have a fiddle (with the Landy ), but was wondering what i should check for?
The following have been mentioned:
CV Joints (not sure how to check for this)
Radius Arm Bushes (look a bit old, admittedly).
The shocks (dampers) and springs were new a couple of months ago, as was the steering damper. The Steering Column UJ's are 12months old and seem fine. The steering box was replaced with a Re-con unit 12months ago. All joints in the steering look ok (track rod ends?) (rubber gaiters all in good condition, and look fairly recent).
I've also got it into my head that i can feel the knock through the floor, but i can't be sure that i haven't imagined this!
I'm driving 500 miles at the weekend towing a trailer and could really do with nothing going wrong.
Any ideas, pointers, help muchly appreciated as i am definitely still learning!
Cheers,
Steve
Apologies if this is a dumb question, i've tried to search but not come up with anything obvious. Vehicle is a 1992/3 200tdi 110 hard top with 185k on the clock, used daily, runs sweetly. Usually. Owned her for 16months and will never, ever sell her.
I have a slight steering 'knock': when turning into a corner i hear a knocking noise. It happens most of the time, but not always, and i usually hear it once or twice on a sharp bend (roundabouts etc). It also happens when i park the vehicle and spin the steering, without moving anywhere.
I plan to jack up the front tomorrow and have a fiddle (with the Landy ), but was wondering what i should check for?
The following have been mentioned:
CV Joints (not sure how to check for this)
Radius Arm Bushes (look a bit old, admittedly).
The shocks (dampers) and springs were new a couple of months ago, as was the steering damper. The Steering Column UJ's are 12months old and seem fine. The steering box was replaced with a Re-con unit 12months ago. All joints in the steering look ok (track rod ends?) (rubber gaiters all in good condition, and look fairly recent).
I've also got it into my head that i can feel the knock through the floor, but i can't be sure that i haven't imagined this!
I'm driving 500 miles at the weekend towing a trailer and could really do with nothing going wrong.
Any ideas, pointers, help muchly appreciated as i am definitely still learning!
Cheers,
Steve