Steering Creak on Fast Corners

[caister]

When cornering hard in either direction I get a creaking noise from the drivers footwell. It can't be the trackrods the track rod ends or ARB bushes as they have been replaced.

Any ideas what it could be?

 

[Rob669]

I get the same noise you describe with mine (same car as yours BTW). Also had ARB Bs replaced. I still suspect it's an ARB issue - some wear somewhere (!). Just can't think what else it can be, corrosion on the ARB, slightly bent ARB? I'm tempted to replace it and see if that fixes it. A colleague's Seat had a similar issue, fixed by a new ARB and you could see slight corrosion that allowed some small movement (on that car the bushes fit into a sort of flange and it had worn off allowing the ARB to move a little).

 

[caister]

Yeah mine seems to be the steering rack bushes.

 

[Russ_16v]

Oh, as per my last PM, I bet its the rack bushes, but if that creak is still there then check the gearbox mount stud is tight, mine works loose periodically and causes a creak/crack noise