Noisy Steering When Car Cold?

[Wacky Dee]

guys my steering has become quite noisy when I'm turning the steering wheel also there's sometimes what sound like a 'rattle' coming from the under the car somewhere in the steering rack/suspension region somewhere...

Its quite loud when the engine is cold in the morning etc. Last week I scraped the gutter with my 2 LHS wheels (at low speed ie. <10kph) and that's the only thing I can think of that might have done something.

I'm booked in tommorow at beaus repairs for a front and real wheel alignment but I'm not sure if that will fix it at all. What else can cause noise and feedback/vibration to be coming back through the steering wheel as you're turning it, esp. when cold?

Can gutter rash cause damage to steering rack or anything like that? Can a wheel alignment fix noisy steering ?

Edited February 12, 2009 by Delta Force

[Wacky Dee]

I've uploaded a video of it to youtube at

and also at my internode web space (same vid): http://users.on.net/~sp23/MVI_0451c.avi

the exhaust is a bit loud and its hard to hear the whiny feedback noiseas I'm turning but its there if you listen to it closely as I'm turning the wheel. Also you can hear the very loud scraping/metallic rattle that also happens but not all the time (its noticable at the very beginning)

[Wacky Dee]

If you look at the vid ... good example of the loud scraping noise is at 0:15, 0:20, 0:24, 1:03, 1:34 and the steering wheel whining from 1:39 to 1:49 or so as I drive it thru the garage..

Edited February 12, 2009 by Delta Force

[Wacky Dee]

guys am I barking up the wrong tree with wheel alignment? should I even bother or instead take it to pedders to inspect the psteering pump, tie rods , wheel bearings and that sort of thing ??

[cosmic starz]

guys am I barking up the wrong tree with wheel alignment? should I even bother or instead take it to pedders to inspect the psteering pump, tie rods , wheel bearings and that sort of thing ??

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it seems not a day goes by without you posting some obtuse problem with your car - maybe time for a trade-up or enrol for mechanic school?

maybe we are becoming indifferent to your suffering (gee where did I see those words before ?)

lol

yes ! take it to Bearepaires or whoever in case there is a problem that may endanger the public when your out and about

[bubba]

Checked your power steering fluid?

The power steering pump makes some nice rattling noises when fluid is low..

[Wacky Dee]

yeah I checked the fluid ..seems to be in there, gonna take it to pedders see if they can put it up on a hoist and locate the issue. Yeah mr gray I'm getting sick of it too... if they were simple issues I'd suck it up but I get all these weird ones and it's not even a trashed car