Hello all, yesterday when turning tight left into a parking spot my car started making a new sound. When turning from centerline until most of the way left it lets it a terrible groaning, creaking, grinding sound. There is no sound when sweeping the wheel to the right, though. I will start by saying it doesn't look like the fluid has been replaced in a long time (ever?) and that I'm grabbing a few quarts of trans fluid to flush the system on my way home. I'll hopefully do it this weekend and post an update.
I replaced the A arms a couple months back with Moog since that did the ball joints and both bushings all in one shot, rather than trying to press them all out and in separately. The new ball joints are significantly more stiff than the old ones and steering effort has certainly increased. Do you think the stiffer rotating ball joints combined with old fluid might have buggered something in the pump?
I replaced the A arms a couple months back with Moog since that did the ball joints and both bushings all in one shot, rather than trying to press them all out and in separately. The new ball joints are significantly more stiff than the old ones and steering effort has certainly increased. Do you think the stiffer rotating ball joints combined with old fluid might have buggered something in the pump?