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AlbinoMonkeyRat
09-30-2009, 05:47 PM
everytime I steer for more than a 90 degree turn on the steering wheel, I hear a knock when I come back to center. This happens in both directions. Any ideas? Any "for sure" diagnosis?

I just replaced the rack and pinion about 2 years ago, and I think it is still under warranty from the shop that replaced it.

Thanks.
Nate's Alero
09-30-2009, 05:53 PM
mine does it too... clunks in the floorboards, ill wait til it breaks
CactusWill
09-30-2009, 06:29 PM
Most likely a suspension component. Which one I dunno. You'd have to get the car in the air and feel the joints for play.
Caboose73
09-30-2009, 06:45 PM
Probably a bad cv joint
IRONDOG442
09-30-2009, 07:21 PM
intermediate shaft

/end thread!
AlbinoMonkeyRat
09-30-2009, 08:11 PM
^ okay. how much does this repair usually cost?
Nate's Alero
09-30-2009, 08:58 PM
^ okay. how much does this repair usually cost?

as i would also like to know
jayson_waltz
09-30-2009, 10:19 PM
check your front coil springs to see if one is snapped. that makes it clunk like that when you turn, it happened to me.
AlbinoMonkeyRat
10-01-2009, 05:21 PM
makes sense.......
clutch1
10-01-2009, 05:25 PM
check your front coil springs to see if one is snapped. that makes it clunk like that when you turn, it happened to me.

On the same note, check to make sure your upper bearing isn't seized up. If that happens it does the same thing... have someone steer the car and watch the springs, if the wheels turn, but not the spring, then all of a sudden it pops to catch up with the wheels, then its the bearing.

Otherwise if it sounds more inside the car, check the column.. isn't there a little universal joint in it? that may be making noise.

Wouldn't be a CV.. those click and make noises when its turned and moving (if it's the outer joint)
jayson_waltz
10-01-2009, 05:27 PM
^very true, thats what i first figured it was when mine did this. but i pulled the assembly out and was surprised as hell haha
Nate's Alero
10-01-2009, 05:29 PM
eh, mine's in the floorboards, i know my SM's are fucked, should hea rthem on a slow turn...............oh god bad
AlbinoMonkeyRat
10-01-2009, 08:27 PM
mine does sound like it's a spring thing, now that I've dealt with it a bit more. I thought maybe it was unseated or something, but they've been on forever...so being seized up makes more sense.
AleroDrime
10-02-2009, 12:09 AM
everytime I steer for more than a 90 degree turn on the steering wheel, I hear a knock when I come back to center. This happens in both directions. Any ideas? Any "for sure" diagnosis?

I just replaced the rack and pinion about 2 years ago, and I think it is still under warranty from the shop that replaced it.

Thanks.

strut mounts
IRONDOG442
10-02-2009, 08:06 AM
^ okay. how much does this repair usually cost?


$117 with tax. Strut mounts are also a very good possibilty.
AGT
10-02-2009, 11:00 AM
I'm thinking CV axle. I replaced 2 in my alero. If you drive it hard its a weak point
clutch1
10-02-2009, 01:41 PM
I'm thinking CV axle. I replaced 2 in my alero. If you drive it hard its a weak point

That only makes noise when you're moving, and it'd be a clicking or s it progresses a clunking.
AlbinoMonkeyRat
01-06-2010, 11:01 AM
strut mounts were worn, but not broken. I'll put that off for some other time. But what was causing the noise (somehow) was the sway bar/link was broken. So I got a new OEM sway bar (I wish I knew this was the problem before the group buy came around) and I got a new sway bar and link kits and bushings.