Let me suggest what caused my front end noise as a possible reason.
Your inner ball joints may be frozen thereby causing the tie rod to be
an extension of the rack and smacking the rack housing at the outer
ends! Whew!
The cure is to get the inner joints loose again. They should be a
rotating fit with no play. Adjust with shims as the workshop manual
recommends.
Did that with my 53 TD and the problem has been solved. I also drilled
and tapped for an additional rack damper, but think that may have been
overkill, in my case.
Cheers,
Dave Houser
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