5ktq steering problem

[Tex Terry, II]

Dan - Have you check the CV joints for this noise?  Sounds just like what I
have experienced before  when mine were going bad on my 83 5kt sedan.  Tex.
> 
> Message: 7
> From: TurboQtro at aol.com
> Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 00:47:56 EDT
> Subject: 5ktq steering problem
> To: quattro at audifans.com
> 
> 
> My 5ktq (lowered with coil-over kit) is making some odd clangin noises...
 
> coming from the general area around the steering rack when I crank the
wheel 
> sharply to the left or right.  Otherwise, steering feels great.  Nice,
crisp, 
> etc... but  when I have to give a sharper turn (in parking lots or into a

> parking space), I get a bouncy feel in the steering wheel and hear a
clanging 
> noice.  Very disconcerting...
> 
> Any ideas???  Is my steering rack toast???  Any clues???
> 
> Later,
> Dan
> '94 S4 (Black/ecru)
> '86 5ktq (aka "the beater")