Creaky steering on full lock and knocking noise.

[welshname]

Looked through some other threads on this and people have different suggestions for it,

I have creaky steering when on full lock turning right (when going over a bump or pulling onto my drive it's really noticable). Also at low speeds going over a bump surface or small pot holes it sounds like there is a clunking/ knocking noise.

Any help would he much appreciated.

 

[welshname]

Anything?

 

[sideways danny]

needs examining, but the knock could be balljoint or CV joint related. creaking may be rubbing, is it lowered?

 

[Jon.G]

Its standard suspension danny.

 

[Nickson]

Sounds like the symptoms of buggered top mounts!
Not sure why no-body else has suggested it.
Maybe I'm being stupid.
Hope that may be of some help to you!

 

[sideways danny]

just needs to be looked at thoroughly then. could be a worn pump not liking the extra load that full lock puts on it, might be early sign of failure, but it's all guesswork without looking

 

[sideways danny]

Sounds like the symptoms of buggered top mounts!
Not sure why no-body else has suggested it.
Maybe I'm being stupid.
Hope that may be of some help to you!

possible for the creaking i guess, but the fact it knocks over bumps suggests a balljoint too

 

[welshname]

thanks people. im getting it checked out on monday by an ex renault tec. just wanted to prepare myself for the worst and see what he was going to say. cost depending this could be the difference on me getting rid of the french shitbox.

and thanks jon for responding in my absence

 

[Munson]

Is this not just the normal creaking? Comes as standard if it is. Mine did it from new and still did it 5 years later. It has always been a very well documented issue. There's been like a million threads discussing it. IIRC the fix is Renault taking an angle grinder to your suspension and chopping bits out of it. Classy lol.

 

[welshname]

nope. its worse than the "normal" creaking. this and the knocking only come from the left front wheel though. not from the right, that still feels solid.

 

[welshname]

its horrific. its almost a grinding from the front left rather than the rack itself. topmounts arent loose and the car has only done 37k and is 6 years old.

are the ball joints and cv joint things i can check myself? ive got to drive to sheffield on wednesday and need it sorted by then.

 

[Fred@BTM]

could be a lower arm

 

[one in a million]

had the same thing, i found that both my front springs had sheared at the bottom

 

[Ellis182]

i had this problem, really annoying noise, didnt happen all the time, just on uneven road services,garage said cup links i think all sorted now

 

[Bramley]

You get this sorted?

 

[Renomastertech]

Hi i work for reno. clios are very common for the steering rack it self to squeak and travel up the steering colum and for the noise to seem like its coming from the inside of the car best to change the rack they not dear and only take 30 mins to change i change about 5 a month hope this helps

 

[welshname]

Cheers, It's actually got even worse. Checking it out over the weekend

 

[Jon.G]

Hi i work for reno. clios are very common for the steering rack it self to squeak and travel up the steering colum and for the noise to seem like its coming from the inside of the car best to change the rack they not dear and only take 30 mins to change i change about 5 a month hope this helps

Half an hour? Pretty sure its not.

 

[welshname]

If you know what your doing it will be. Electric rack y0.

 

[Badgerman85]

did you ever get this sorted? sounds like exactly the problem i'm having!

 

[welshname]

Replied to your PM dude. Hope it helps.

 

[daveypower]

stick your solution up here so other people can benifit

 

[welshname]

Basically I couldn't figure it out so completely forgot about this thread, then I changed my bottom ball joints and went for tracking at a garage that I'm quite friendly with.

So went into the pit with them and was having a look at everything. Grabbed the ARB on the drivers side and it was freely moving (I say freely but you need to put a fair bit of weight on it to move it).

The bolt on the ARB had sheered clean off, the head was stuck in the top of the bush and the nut was still on the bottom, so upon inspection everything looked perfectly fine as it was all in line and assembled correctly, but the head had sheered. Replaced that and all was well.

 

[daveypower]

that would have been a hard one to spot alright, glad you got it sorted. should help a few others to as a possible solution.