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Odd flexing/joint popping sounds on turns/steering issues 200 1989

posted by  stallison on  Mon Nov 11 16:57 CST 2019
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So, just want to thank everyone who gave advice and words of wisdom on my shock absorber replacement job. Car feels and drives 100% better after getting it done.

Now with the shock/strut sounds gone I'm noticing other sounds. Particularly on turns. Right hand or left hand turns. Not simple lane changes, but full 45-90 degree turns. I also hear these sounds when parallel parking.

SOUND DESCRIPTION: Upon turning steering wheel and moving or moving very slowly when getting out of a parking spot, there is a flexing/joint-popping sound that occurs. Its definitely in the front end of the car. Its hard to describe, its not a loud cracking or breaking type of sound, it feels and sounds like when your knee joint or hip joint do a weird but non-painful non-injury related awkward bend.

At first I thought, maybe its the control arm flexing in a weird way, since I was just messing with it while taking out the struts and replacing the shocks. But the control arm seemed pretty tight and I checked all the bushings and loosened and re-torqued all the bolts holding the control arm in place and the cross-member.

Could it be the steering rack? This seems to be a definite possibility. Soon, I am going to have an assistant sit in it while not jacked up or anything and the key in position one and turn the wheel from side to side while I observe underneath.






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