Noisey steering ?

[Millerman]

I think the steering is noisey, its only just started.

The noise is a rotational grinding comming from the nearside front of the car. It only shows on a right hand turn when the weight goes onto the nearside wheels.

Also when stationary if I turn the wheel to the right, the power steering seems to make a noise, more than on steering left.

Any ideas ? Bearings, Noisey servo ??

Cheers

Nick

[delamars]

My 'ordinary' car did similar when the Power Steering fluid had dropped to an unacceptable level (like there was a leak in the hose !).

I don't know if that helps ....

[avalanche]

check fluid level

nice colour

[chim450]

Certainly sounds like fluid level is low. Had this happen on my Chimaera, one of the hoses had perished and was leaking.

[Millerman]

Cheers peeps

I shall check the fluid this evening.

Muchas grassy asss

Nick

[Tusker]

Same problem here but power steering reservoir full.

On full lock both left and right at very low speeds there is a loud, lumpy, rotational grinding noise from front wheels.

4 year service 2 weeks ago. Didn't notice noise prior to this.

Any ideas? Power steering belt, pump?

[MarkoTVR]

Millerman said:

The noise is a rotational grinding comming from the nearside front of the car. It only shows on a right hand turn when the weight goes onto the nearside wheels.

**** EDITED BECAUSE I HAD A SEVERE BLONDE MOMENT!! ****

I would have thought that would more likely be a CV joint, BUT AS IT'S REAR WHEEL DRIVE YOU WON'T HAVE ANY........
(can you all guess which bit I got wrong the first time?!?! You can tell what cars I'm more used to!!)

A bearing would probably be noisy all the time, unless it was (maybe) in the early stages of wearing out.

I'm not sure what the exact setup is on a Tusc, but have you checked all of the other fixings around there? Track rods? Ball joints? Wishbone/arm mountings? I see you've stated that it sounds like a rotational noise, but it may be worth checking fixed components too just in case something is vibrating in time with any rotational movement.

Tusker - no ideas yet there mate, but I would have thought a belt would have been more of a 'squeal' than what you describe.


>> Edited by MarkoTVR on Friday 8th April 21:16

>> Edited by MarkoTVR on Saturday 9th April 09:32

[millerman]

Tusker said:

Same problem here but power steering reservoir full. On full lock both left and right at very low speeds there is a loud, lumpy, rotational grinding noise from front wheels. 4 year service 2 weeks ago. Didn't notice noise prior to this. Any ideas? Power steering belt, pump?

[millerman]

Tusker said:

Same problem here but power steering reservoir full. On full lock both left and right at very low speeds there is a loud, lumpy, rotational grinding noise from front wheels. 4 year service 2 weeks ago. Didn't notice noise prior to this. Any ideas? Power steering belt, pump?

I had small fluid leak, topped it up and its fine. HHC to fix next week.