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Old 10-24-04, 10:34 PM
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Arrow Loud pop when i turn the steering wheel all the way......

Its kinda weird this wierd loud POP sounds happens when i turn the wheel all the way to the left (and right too i think)......but it only happens when im going very slowly like not even 10 mph and at a stand still trying to turn the wheel...what could this loud pop be....... its defiently someting with the steering (obviously).......but when im driving normally like on the highway and residental streets it doenst do that noise......any ideas???
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well, i was gonna repond intelligently to this and try to help, but then i saw your moronic comment about animals in your sig, so **** your steering
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^^^HAHAHA i touched a sensitive nerve....LOL!!!!
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comments about animals makes my blood boil more than anything. seeing as you didn't reply in kind I suppose i'll post something useful. Are your ball joints and tie rod ends old, if so one of those might be popping under the strain of full lock. Another thing to check would be the idle arm bushings (on passenger side frame rail) If they are old changes are they have fallen apart and will make a banging noise. Take a good look at your ball joints in particular, I've had them pop out of the control arms and flop around making all sorts of noise. good luck
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Thanks for the info transam....and my sig is all in joking fun...sorry if you took it wrong
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no problem, i'm sure it is a joke, something about comments like that just set me off. Let me know what you find out.
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Could it be the tire hitting something? With the larger swaybars on the Spec cars, they tend to hit, but the noise is more of a grind than a pop.
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actually, make sure the lube in your steering box is compltely filled Mine leaked all of it out, and would make a loud pop when I turned the wheel a great distance. Eventually the wheel completle locked up when I was turning left before I actually checked the thing

I found the thing bone dry. I refilled all the fluid and the thing was like new
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it could also be your strut tower bearing.

with a macpherson strut setup, the whole strut assembly rotates when you turn your wheel. To do this, it bolts to the tower through a bearing that lets it swivel. When the bearing goes bad and you're turning, the spring around the strut winds up, them lets go with a loud pop
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if your stering makes a big pop when you lock it out. then dont do it. lol

i also could be the lsd going bad if you installed it in your GS.

carl.
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Check the ball joints!!!! Mine did that same thing. torn boot and rust was all I found.
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Talking quick thread jacking

Originally Posted by 82transam
well, i was gonna repond intelligently to this and try to help, but then i saw your moronic comment about animals in your sig, so **** your steering
yeah 82 ta but when ya takes a homo sapien ans ya cook him nice and slow over a good bed of coals, (add some tobasco for the older ones like carl) and they taste really great, try it sometime!

Love peace and downhill shuttle runs!

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