Hi guys im back once again for some advice
I have encountered a problem with my car wear i get a knocking noise while going over rough ground wear it would cause the car's body to shimmy, so iv done the bounce test and got nothing so i moved onto rocking the car left and right while stationary and got the knocking noise so i thought it would be maybe a ball joint or anti roll bar linkage, after further inspecting i discovered the noise is coming from what seems to be the UJ join in the steering rack O.O, now my dad seems to think that we can take the gaiter off the UJ joint and tighten it to take up the play in the UJ joint but im not sure on this? is this possible or is it just a new steering rack that's needed ?
car is a Mk3 mondeo on a Y plate with the 2.0 TDDI engine
any help will be much appreciated
Stiggy
I have encountered a problem with my car wear i get a knocking noise while going over rough ground wear it would cause the car's body to shimmy, so iv done the bounce test and got nothing so i moved onto rocking the car left and right while stationary and got the knocking noise so i thought it would be maybe a ball joint or anti roll bar linkage, after further inspecting i discovered the noise is coming from what seems to be the UJ join in the steering rack O.O, now my dad seems to think that we can take the gaiter off the UJ joint and tighten it to take up the play in the UJ joint but im not sure on this? is this possible or is it just a new steering rack that's needed ?
car is a Mk3 mondeo on a Y plate with the 2.0 TDDI engine
any help will be much appreciated
Stiggy