clunking noise while turning

[dtownfb]

I used white lithium grease in the spray can. Easier to apply with the straw attached.

[Air Biscuit]

Sounds like the ISS to me, too. The spray grease is a great temporary fix but I'm finding that in my case it only lasts for about a month and then I have to do it again. Takes 5 minutes but it's pretty hard on the ol'back trying to get under there. Thinking about shelling out the $$$ to have a mechanic replace it with a new one.

Good luck. Hope the spray grease fixes it for you.

[harmankardon35]

i had 2 problems. The steering shaft was making most of the clunking, but there was still clunking in the wheels. The other day i started hearing a squeaking from the front wheels that sounded like brake squealers...but theres still plenty of meat on the pads. Did the turn test and i get the squeak turning right but not turning left...regardless of speed. So that combined with the wheel play and the ABS/trac lights on lead me to order up a set of new wheel hubs that come with ABS seosors. Hoping this will give me my trac control and ABS back..and stop the clunking. Just a heads up if you all have to order something give www.1aauto.com a try. I got a pair of wheel hubs for 180 bucks + 30 shipping...to order them locally...220 EACH . They also sell the UIM for 99 bucks on the 3800's..with better egr ports to prevent melting.

[McTigue]

Hello! Im having the EXACT same problem on my 98 buick regal GS supercharger! No one can figure out whats wrong!!! What happened to be your problem, what was wrong with it? I have had mine taken to 3 mechanics and none of them can figure out what it is.. please respond ASAP! THANKS!!!

Originally Posted by harmankardon35

well back in the summer I had a mechanic take a look at my front end while he was replacing the passengers side lower ball joint for safety cert. He said everything else looked pretty tight but that ball joint had a bit of play in it so he replaced it. I told him when i backed out of the driveway first thing in the morning and went to turn the wheels i got this loud clunk that never came back until the car sat another night. He looked and said it was the strut mount bearing/plates drying out and it was common. Well in the past few days its gotten really bad, constant clunking/cracking when i turn the wheels while stopped or at a low speed. Anything in these cars I can grease up? My old car had grease nipples all over the place, but I cant see any when I take off the wheels. Whatever happened to a good lube job lol. Anyway to get some lube up into the strut bearing plate? any grease points you guys know of?...

oh and another thing...what could the trac/abs/SVS lights have to do with the steering groaning at low speeds? In my car those lights are usually on and the steering feels a bit flaky at low speeds (groans a bit) but the odd time when that light goes out and the abs starts working the steering feels nice and smooth...until the light kicks on been like that for a while and i cant see there being a relation because the light is only on due to a bad wheel sensor

[harmankardon35]

the clunking while I turned the wheels was the upper strut mount bearings...best to get complete new struts with mounts in the front end. My other problem was the wheel bearings (wheel hubs), they were worn and causing some noises, also turning on the ABS warning lights on the dash (and when the ABS warning lights turn on, the ABs system along with the 'magna steer' variable effort steering is disabled, causing the steering to be harder at low speeds). another common problem is the steering shaft making a clunking noise while turning, there is a procedure that involves lubricating the steering shaft down under the dash, however most mechanics short of a dealership know nothing of this fix (as its a pretty uncommon job to have to preform, best to 'spoon feed' the information to them in some cases)

[dorman68]

Originally Posted by harmankardon35

i had 2 problems. The steering shaft was making most of the clunking, but there was still clunking in the wheels. The other day i started hearing a squeaking from the front wheels that sounded like brake squealers...but theres still plenty of meat on the pads. Did the turn test and i get the squeak turning right but not turning left...regardless of speed. So that combined with the wheel play and the ABS/trac lights on lead me to order up a set of new wheel hubs that come with ABS seosors. Hoping this will give me my trac control and ABS back..and stop the clunking. Just a heads up if you all have to order something give www.1aauto.com a try. I got a pair of wheel hubs for 180 bucks + 30 shipping...to order them locally...220 EACH . They also sell the UIM for 99 bucks on the 3800's..with better egr ports to prevent melting.

steering shaft - very common