A3 8p 1.4 steering knock

[guysy]

Hi,

I had a plinking sound when hitting little hard spots in the road so I've refreshed things over the years.

I recently thought Ill try with the engine on to turn the wheel left and right at a quick rate and instantly felt play so I thought it could possibly be the inner right tie rod. It felt like a click no matter where the wheels are turned to if I rock the wheel I get a notch feeling.

So I replaced both front inner tie rods, and outer track rods and the noise is still there. Im looking into things is there a pre load nut on the steering rack that might need tightening or could this be a steering rack problem in general? It just feels like there is something loose and I cant find it.

audi a3 steering knock

both inner tie rods replaced, outer track rods replaced both sides.Still the noise stays.

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[Keram]

You should check your whole front suspension for play by lifting front end and 'shaking' front wheels or get that checked on special bench. If bushes, ball joints, bearings are ok, then steering rack can be source of your problems.