Its basically saying "Replace me with a manual rack!"

 

LOL, I fixed my sqeak with camber plates

 

O **** Scott thank u for that bit of advice! The accident that I had gotten in to bent my control arm 2 degrees and messed up the ball joint a little bit.....I didn't have the money to order the parts from the tire place that performed my alignment and I was just going to grab some parts from someone around here. I could grab a used control arm easy I am sure. Are ball joints expensive or do they only come as part of the control arm?

thanx again,
Lee

 

to be honest, i'm not really sure on RX-7's as of yet. heck, i'm still trying to get one. but all i know is that it depends on the car. on my eclipse, the ball joint was built onto the lower control arm (about $90 per side), on some cars they're pressed in and you have to have a special tool to get it out and put it back in, and on some you can get lucky enough to just unbolt it and be good to go. but these cars i just don't know. but i do know that any time you replace anything like a ball joint or a tie rod end, you wanna make sure you get an alignment. camber plates, for example too.....if you do anything like this, you wanna make sure it's aligned. it's not something you can see by the eye to get into specs and depending on how bad it is, you could be buying some new tires in a matter of 2 or 3 months. i'd imagine that it wouldn't cost anymore than $100 though. they aren't usually too expensive though. but don't quote me on it on these cars. hope i've helped some though.
scott

 

I've got one if ya need it. email me defekt@thoughtshop.com . 30 bucks + shipping, It'll be coming off an 87 n/a parts car. Let me know if you want anything else

 

i just noticed the exact same thing happening with my manual steering and only in the morning when its cold. thank god for the search, this is the first thing that came up and is exactly what i need. Whoohoo!!! now, why can't everybody be smart like me and use the search...j/k

 

didnt help anything with mine at all.

 

um, check the ball joints!!!

 

just wondering if anyone ever figured out their problem yet.

 

43000 miles on my '89 TII. Same problem. Anybody find out what causes it?

 

i still havent found the source of the problem.

 

What about the TSB mentioned in this thread. Anybody call the dealer to see if they can find out anything about? If not, I'll do that this week.
Anbody know if you can access TSBs on-line?

Todd

 

Bought an 88 vert 2 days ago. Heard something very similar this morning. It is bumming me bad as it is too soon to have buyer's remorse! I had my wife turn the wheel while I listened and it did not sound like the rack, more like linkage. But I didn't know the strut rotated, and snap-crackle-pop of bearings would make that sound.

Anyone track this down yet? Last post was 1/5/03...

 

i bought a 91 GXL last weekend and it doesnt make the noise.

my turboII was the one that made the steering rack noise and then it blew up! maybe this means your new vert is going to blow up... just kidding man.

i hope someone comes in here and fixes the problem

 

Oh, bite your tongue! I'm from the Deep South and the Rebel God of Autos have always blessed me with extraordinary good fortune with cars But seriously, in another thread some fellow with 5000+ posts said it was worn tie rod ends...

Come on you old timers and moderaters, give a an old piston-head a li'l hep here!

 

Read the rest of the posts in my seach results. Looks like a very common problem, and the popular culprit is the strut top / mounting block.

Great forum here...

 

now that you mention that, i'd almost put money on that being the culprit. that sounds like a very good synopsis.