Creaking steering..?

[Chopper]

Am a little concerned, recently i've noticed that my steering is creaking rather loudly...It is most noticeable when parking up or perfomring a slow 3 point turn for example. Also seems to be more pronuonced when turning the wheel to the right. It has done this for a while but never been that bad, but seems to have suddenly got a lot worse recently.

Any ideas what this might be, had the MOT in July and all was fine and had the suspension mounts changed to the K-Tec solid ones back in May

thanks

 

[Williams]

Have you checked the fluid.? Leaks...?

 

[Jamesv6]

Not noticed any creaking myself. Thread

 

[Chopper]

thanks for the link James and i'll also check power steering fluid levels etc this weekend. I think i've always slightly noticed it but has becmoe more pronounced more recently. Does seem to be a weird 'faault' though that a few seem to have

 

[Big Iain]

good luck getting to the reservoir

 

[scrabble]

Sounds like suspension top mounts. Mine creaked really bad on 3 point turns and on right lock. Changed the rubber top mounts and it cured it.

 

[tarmac terrorist]

Speaking of top mounts, I'm about to overhaul the front end to get it nice and tight again. Can you get top mounts from ECP or GSF etc? I recall they are the same as a standard Clio Mk2. If that's the case then ECP have SKF units for something like £35 for the pair including the bearing. Anyone fitted them? Or as ususal in the case of Euro car parts - TRIED to fit them?

Scrabble - it could also be the front ball-joints, though that looks like it's going to cost you £470 plus fitting -as I've asked on Here and it seems it's a Stealer only part. The ironic thing is that the whole front arm is something like £90 including the wrong LBJ the correct one is nearly 3 times the price of the whole lower arm - ONLY RENAULT!!!

As a last resort, it could be the anti-roll bar drop links, though these are normally clunky when going over bumps, so I'd go for top mounts or lower ball-joints.

 

[phillv6]

Am a little concerned, recently i've noticed that my steering is creaking rather loudly...It is most noticeable when parking up or perfomring a slow 3 point turn for example. Also seems to be more pronuonced when turning the wheel to the right. It has done this for a while but never been that bad, but seems to have suddenly got a lot worse recently.

Any ideas what this might be, had the MOT in July and all was fine and had the suspension mounts changed to the K-Tec solid ones back in May

thanks

It seems a fairly common problem really, my car did this about a year ago, I had a look around couldn't see any leaks or anything untoward :s.I sprayed the bottom half of the spring and strut liberally with waxoil while I had the wheel off and low and behold the creaking stopped straight away [smilie=icon_cheers.gif]

Phill

 

[scrabble]

The supspension top mount is just a massive rubber doughnut that gets a bit soft over time and starts to creak when the top of the spring and the weight of the car rub on it when doing 3 point turns and right/left turns etc...

I bought mine from Reno including the lower wishbone arms and ball joints. I think the whole lot inc labour came to about £500?

 

[MattGWilson]

Yeah, I have this problem too

 

[Jamesv6]

You could also fit solid top mounts from K-Tec.

 

[looch]

I considered this upgrade but wouldnt they require changing more often ? :s

 

[Jamesv6]

You would need to ask v6Max about that one.