Greetings,

I've ran into a strange steering problem with a 1995 960 Wagon. Never experienced a problem like this before.

If you were to just take the car for a drive... You'd think nothing was wrong. the car's alignment is almost perfect, and there are no steering noises I can notice. I dont even feel any play in the rack! The car feels quite solid when it's working as designed.

However... if you make a sharp turn (U-turns seem to work best) you will hear a noise, most like a pop or clunk. It's not really loud, I didnt even notice it much the first time or two it happened. but it's always there when the problem happens.

after that pop, when you straighten out from the turn, the alignment is quite far off. The car pulls hard to the drivers side, you gotta turn the wheel 45 degrees to the right to go straight, and you can feel it pulling.

Another thing that happens when the alignment is out, is a nasty wollow... When it was out of alignment, i took a speed bump going ~35mph (no other cars were around at this point so I was fairly brazen) and the resulting wallow gave me the impression I was about to loose control. It felt much like the shock absorber wasnt even connected, as it was very bouncy after the bump.

any ideas?
I hope this isn't the steering rack. that'd be more expensive than i'm hoping for :(

Thanks for any suggestions!