Loud grinding like noise when sharp turning at tand still or slowly moving
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meechie115 Rookie
Name : Meechie Joined : 2023-08-29Post Count : 12 Merit : 0
Subject: Loud grinding like noise when sharp turning at tand still or slowly moving Tue Oct 03, 2023 7:47 pm
My 97 Riviera makes rough noises when turning sharp or all the was . From the inside sides like a grinding noise but Im not sure but it makes me cringe and there's no noise when I jack it up and turn . Is it rack and pinion? I filled up my fluid it's probably over filled but could it be bad fluid from sitting two years ? It's only when I turn out of parking spaces or tighter turns especially when I'm not moving or moving slow and turning .
carguy8888 Junkie
Name : Brian Cohen Joined : 2019-01-07Post Count : 808 Merit : 8
Subject: Re: Loud grinding like noise when sharp turning at tand still or slowly moving Sun Oct 08, 2023 6:24 am
It could be a lot of things but I would check the subframe bushings. Your front frame or cradle as it's called could be moving.
meechie115 Rookie
Name : Meechie Joined : 2023-08-29Post Count : 12 Merit : 0
Subject: Re: Loud grinding like noise when sharp turning at tand still or slowly moving Sun Oct 08, 2023 3:19 pm
Basically My whole front end needs replaced the struts the tire rods and maybe my cv joints . Oh and control arm bushings.
carguy8888 Junkie
Name : Brian Cohen Joined : 2019-01-07Post Count : 808 Merit : 8
Subject: Re: Loud grinding like noise when sharp turning at tand still or slowly moving Sun Oct 08, 2023 5:47 pm
They are certainly contenders.
Eldo Expert
Name : Mark Age : 59 Location : West Salem, Oregon... FINALLY Joined : 2009-04-09Post Count : 3176 Merit : 104
Subject: Re: Loud grinding like noise when sharp turning at tand still or slowly moving Mon Oct 09, 2023 6:53 am
First things first... Unless the power-steering fluid looks and smells pristine, jack up the front of the car and put a pan under the return line to the pump. Use a pair of Vice-Grips to hold the end of the return line in the pan. Fill the reservoir to the top, cap it, and start the engine & slowly turn the wheel side to side until you run out of fluid. If the results look or smell dirty, do it again & then re-attach the return hose & fill it per instructions... The final fill can be "de-bubbled" by slowly turning the wheel back & forth with the engine off, again, per the shop manual. Finally, these systems are INSANELY sensitive to fluid level... In my own (1997) experience, GM's removing the vent-hole from the cap causes a lot of problems by causing the system to "pull a vacuum" if the fluid is not perfectly filled. After changing 2 steering pumps in a row - because the first one was crap - I had to overfill the reservoir until I was done working the wheel lock-to-lock with the engine OFF, and then gently doing the same thing with the engine & pump running... It was, to say the least, a PITA - but I've had 6 months with NO groans, moans or assist problems.
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meechie115 Rookie
Name : Meechie Joined : 2023-08-29Post Count : 12 Merit : 0
Subject: Re: Loud grinding like noise when sharp turning at tand still or slowly moving Mon Oct 09, 2023 7:46 pm
I do need to do that I just been noticing other problems I looked under the car and I seen that I have a lot of work to do in the front end but that needs to be done as well I added more fluid but I need to empty the power steering fluid and change it all
KenBluder Amateur
Name : KenBluder Age : 63 Location : Palatine, IL Joined : 2014-02-23Post Count : 44 Merit : 2
Subject: Re: Loud grinding like noise when sharp turning at tand still or slowly moving Wed Nov 01, 2023 8:27 pm
A bad strut bearing is another possibility. I have one going and the sound you describe is similar to what I am hearing.
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