[s-cars] My steering is moaning- Can you guess the cure?

[brian bilotti]

Check your front struts and 2B Camber plates. The
bearings could be going. Then again it could be the
tie rod ends. Then again it could be the Audigods
telling you to turn that 4000 lb pig into a 2700lb
track ho. Then again.....

bb
--- Christopher Leal <chris_leal at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> No prize to the winner but it would be great if
> someone could guess what he problem may be with my
> UrS4 so I can be lazy. :-) I would prefer to catch
> it before the intermittent nature turns permanent or
> failure during my long commute.
> 
> It is making an intermittent noise that sounds like
> a groaning similiar to restricted house plumbing and
> feels/sounds like it is coming from the power
> steering system. It happens rarely at low speed and
> is extremely hard to hear (Thanks Stromung). It is
> topped off with fluid. No discernable leaks from the
> pump or rack.
> 
> Is this what a failed pump sounds like? Restriction
> in the hoses? Failing rack? Is there a inline screen
> somewhere in the system (at the pump, I think)?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Christopher
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