Rack And Pinion noise

by **adam2562** » Thu Dec 19, 2002 8:23 am

ever since i had my car lowered my car makes an awful grindigng noise whern i tuen the steering wheel... wut the heck is that.. it sounds sooo bad, i checked power steering fluid and its all there... help please

by **MonkieX** » Thu Dec 19, 2002 1:50 pm

probably rubbing from your tires on your fenders.

by **adam2562** » Thu Dec 19, 2002 10:38 pm

no, it sounds like metal to metal noise.... one guy at my dealership(toyota) said that loweringit may have put stress on the suspension...??

by **NaptownSolara** » Fri Dec 20, 2002 7:22 am

Adam, I don't see a strut upgrade in your sig. If you just put in lowering springs, and didn't upgrade your struts too, then your mechanic is right, you are putting undue stress on your stock struts.

by **adam2562** » Fri Dec 20, 2002 7:41 am

ok i'll try getting up some money to get thos done, wut brand do you recommend? TRD r way too expensive

by **NASTY** » Fri Dec 20, 2002 7:49 am

go for the tokicos, everyone seems to be happy with those

by **.,zXC** » Sat Dec 21, 2002 3:44 pm

i had that problem gridding is because the top of the strut was not lined up correctly and the bearing is cracked so if u take it apart the strut apart u might find the bearing is broken

by **Flipside909** » Sun Dec 22, 2002 3:21 am

Tokico all the way.