boostin4ltr Member 40 Member For: 16y 1m 7d Gender: Male Location: WA Posted 12/11/09 11:13 AM Share Posted 12/11/09 11:13 AM hey all few issues .. as I come off kerbs with the wheel turned I get this massive clunk from the front end but I cant see anything obvious it does it in both directions and if im sitting still and move the steering left to right just before the end it clunks both ways.. I have also noticed that the steering wheel is loose and I recently had a wheel alignment to try and straighten up the steering wheel but that still dosnt sit straight when the wheels are straight . I was thinking maybe ball joints, and maybe the uni joint in the steering but not 100% and for the uni joint to go at 750000 is a tad weird. but any ideas would be much appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senna_T Forged Member Lifetime Members 15,818 Member For: 17y 11m 29d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 12/11/09 11:15 AM Share Posted 12/11/09 11:15 AM Get the ball joints checked mate, it is fairly common in BA/BFs as ford use cheap nasty parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boostin4ltr Member 40 Member For: 16y 1m 7d Gender: Male Location: WA Posted 12/11/09 11:23 AM Author Share Posted 12/11/09 11:23 AM if I do need new ball joints dads a mechanic so whats the parts worth ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senna_T Forged Member Lifetime Members 15,818 Member For: 17y 11m 29d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 12/11/09 11:45 AM Share Posted 12/11/09 11:45 AM has your dad got a press to put the ball joints into the arms? These ones don't just bolt in.Parts are cheap, plenty of change from $100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boostin4ltr Member 40 Member For: 16y 1m 7d Gender: Male Location: WA Posted 12/11/09 01:13 PM Author Share Posted 12/11/09 01:13 PM nah he dusnt .. used to work in a shop but now hes a slacker on the rigs.. so if I were to take it to a shop how much labour would I be looking at .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senna_T Forged Member Lifetime Members 15,818 Member For: 17y 11m 29d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 12/11/09 09:24 PM Share Posted 12/11/09 09:24 PM 2 hours if they are good, 3-4 hours if they wanna rip you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boostin4ltr Member 40 Member For: 16y 1m 7d Gender: Male Location: WA Posted 18/11/09 07:08 AM Author Share Posted 18/11/09 07:08 AM hey update. ive sorta narrowed it down to being a knock in the rack vibrating through the steering or a knock in the coloum vibrating through the rack cant really pin point it any more.. wats the chances the steering rack is the problem and has anyone else had similar issues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjc Donating Members 2,823 Member For: 21y 5m 2d Gender: Male Location: Townsville Posted 18/11/09 11:18 PM Share Posted 18/11/09 11:18 PM My rack and pinion used to click, then started clunking after about 2years it got to painfull so had it replaced. I didn't hit any gutters with it either but the gear in the rack and pinion was shagged so I took it to a steering parts supplier in Brisbane and had them replace just the rack and pinion. Cost was about $380-400 fitted and all is fixed.Pedders quoted me $1000 for the same job!Buy the part from a steering supplier and get your dad to fit it if you want to save $100 or so.I think the rack and pinion click has always been a flaw with the fords as my EF, AU and the BA have all had the clicking but only the BA has had the clunk as I didn't have the other two long enough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boostin4ltr Member 40 Member For: 16y 1m 7d Gender: Male Location: WA Posted 19/11/09 12:48 AM Author Share Posted 19/11/09 12:48 AM yer it has the clicking just before full lock both ways then occasionally it clunks really bad .. think I may jst have to do it .. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senna_T Forged Member Lifetime Members 15,818 Member For: 17y 11m 29d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 19/11/09 12:54 AM Share Posted 19/11/09 12:54 AM Also check the steering rack mounts, they do come loose by around half a turn in some cases. Its the two bolts that go into the cross member Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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