bryanmc1988

so i think my rack is making grinding noise when i steer left or right at low speed when in a parking lot or turning on very low speed... sounds like a cracking or popping noise. when i look down at the rack from the top by the upper shock mount on the driver side... i had a friend help turn the steering wheel left and right... and i can see the whole rack is slightly moving a little bit when the wheel turns... so my question is: should the whole rack move a little bit or should it be stiff and not move around at all? is there any other way to also determine if the rack and pinion is bad?

i have already replace -
* Both CV axles (Left and Right side)
* All front tie rods on both sides (Inner and Outer)
* Lower ball joint on the driver side...

and all this still didn't fix the cracking/ popping noise when turning on low speed (i have to say about 5-15 MPH)....


any help in advance would be great....

csmeance

The rack shouldn't be moving, you'll probably have to tighten the mounting bolts for it.

bryanmc1988

after tighten the mounting bolt down, the noise went away so i'm going to see in a few days if that is the issue or something else... thanks...