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Old 01-24-2019, 03:10 PM   #1
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You know considering it's EPS and not hydraulic power steering you might well get away with just a plain old used one from the scrapyard and just sticking some new track rods on it. There isn't a whole lot to go wrong in them. Main killer on that job is dropping the sub-frame. Especially if its rusty.

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Old 01-24-2019, 03:51 PM   #2
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You know considering it's EPS and not hydraulic power steering you might well get away with just a plain old used one from the scrapyard and just sticking some new track rods on it. There isn't a whole lot to go wrong in them. Main killer on that job is dropping the sub-frame. Especially if its rusty.

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Makes sense. I'm not sure what went wrong with it, but I was hearing a high pitch whistle sound coming from it when turning the wheel left to right. Not a squeal like you'd hear with a bad belt, but almost like a whistle, or whine.

First time I took it in they lubed some parts but the sound returned. After further investigation, they said the steering rack was the problem. Replaced under warranty and whistle/whine was gone.

When the car was only about 3 months old, I was parked behind a friend's rather large SUV and she went to leave, didn't notice I was behind her and backed into my car. After the rack replacement, I assumed that hit (while parked with steering lock engaged) might have started it and the subsequent years of driving with heavy, over-sized wheels finished the job. Who really knows, could have just been a dud rack.
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Old 01-24-2019, 04:02 PM   #3
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Makes sense. I'm not sure what went wrong with it, but I was hearing a high pitch whistle sound coming from it when turning the wheel left to right. Not a squeal like you'd hear with a bad belt, but almost like a whistle, or whine.



First time I took it in they lubed some parts but the sound returned. After further investigation, they said the steering rack was the problem. Replaced under warranty and whistle/whine was gone.



When the car was only about 3 months old, I was parked behind a friend's rather large SUV and she went to leave, didn't notice I was behind her and backed into my car. After the rack replacement, I assumed that hit (while parked with steering lock engaged) might have started it and the subsequent years of driving with heavy, over-sized wheels finished the job. Who really knows, could have just been a dud rack.
Yeah. The shock probably damaged something inside. If my rack went i would get one from the scrapyard.

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