mrtask
Well-Known Member
Looking from underneath the car I can see the steering idler has drained of any oil that might once have been in it. The steering is now making the most awful racket, and it seems to be coming from the idler, although I have tightened all the bolts (yeah, a couple had come a bit loose) I can reach, bar the one holding on the Pitman arm(?) underneath. So I suppose my question is whether the creaking is because the idler is bone dry inside, or might it be something else? Errm, Harvey? Vern? Wise ones? Do/can the mounting points/turrets/whatever they're called develop cracks? It sounds like two sides of a crack moving against each other, if that makes any sense.
Either way, I can't drive it making that racket, I'll have to get a new idler (roll on payday!). How do I check for play in the ball joints of the steering side arms and the main steering rod? Any tips?
Either way, I can't drive it making that racket, I'll have to get a new idler (roll on payday!). How do I check for play in the ball joints of the steering side arms and the main steering rod? Any tips?