I have a rattle in my steering wheel and I know exactly where it is
coming from. After I replaced the engine I didn't secure the carb
overflow tubes and the rear tube will rattle against the steering column
under the right circumstances. It may be your problem as well.
Lonn Howard
'70 TR6 -mine
'71 TR6 -in my garage
'70 MGB GT -ours
'89 Saab Turbo Convertible -hers
"We are but temporary custodians with an obligation of preservation."
----- Original Message -----
From: David Councill <dcouncil@imt.net>
To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, July 16, 1999 6:57 PM
Subject: steering rattle
> Here is the problem - there is a rattle in the steering, particularly
when
> the car is on a bumpy road. On a smooth paved road, all is well - no
rattle
> and the car handles fine.
>
> To make the matter more complicated - the car is a 92 Ford Explorer.
And it
> started happening after the car did four miles of what I would call
"mild"
> four wheeling.
>
> Why do I ask the MG list? Because oddly enough, my 67 BGT has the same
> problem. Except the rattling is much less severe and only occurs on
the
> dirt road to my house, which is only a couple of city blocks from the
end
> of the pavement. So I never gave it much thought until it suddenly
happened
> to the Explorer but in a more serious way.
>
> Its even more serious because these new American cars require
specialists
> for most everything. On the 67BGT, I just received new tie rod ends
and
> rubber rack seals. I was planning on doing some inexpensive and fairly
> routine maintenance on it and maybe get rid of its rattle this
weekend.
> Mainly I was replacing the cracking rack seals though, rather than
getting
> rid of the rattle.
>
> So any ideas on what can cause this steering rattle? Can it be the tie
rod
> ends? Or is that too easy of a fix? But I guess easy is "relative" - I
got
> the pair of tie rod ends for the BGT for $24. I'd be lucky to get one
Ford
> tie rod end for that.
>
>
> David
> 67 BGT
> 71 BGT
> 74 FJ40 Landcruiser (no rattle and lots of real 4 wheeling)
> 92 Ford Explorer (mechanic's dream)
>
|