I'm chasing a clunk in the steering, it happens when going over washboard while the car is going straight - if I am steering it doesn't tend to happen, indicating something has play. The tie rods are new, the lower steering shaft is new, control arms are new. Is the upper U-Joint at the steering column field replaceable (what the workshop manual calls the swing yoke)? Are there other places I should look at that can develop play? I haven't yet checked the bolt from the upper steering shaft to the swing yoke, will try to do that soon. Can the rack itself develop play, and is it adjustable?
steering clunk: upper U-Joint?
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powershift
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Did you check the ball joints and tie rods? I have steering clunks on rough roads, but the noise is in the inside of the cab. The steering column sounds loose asf. I have a lot of faith in the mechanism that maybe I shouldn't have lol.
ball joints, tie rods, control arms, lower steering shaft are all new. Slowly moving up the steering column, next stop is inside the cab... And it does sound like it's coming from inside, not outside.
powershift
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My noise is coming from the area where #10 is in the diagram. It sounds like the steering shaft is loose inside.
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