Play in steering rack?
For some time now, after a long run and everything is hot, my 2002 cdt auto develops a slight knock somewhere in the steering. The best way to demonstrate it is with the car stationary and engine turned off when rocking the steering wheel left to right, something deep within the engine bay makes a knocking sound.
However no play is detectable in the steering at the road wheel end, and also even the slightest turn on the steering wheel produces movement at the wheels suggesting no play in the steering column.
When i do this test on my other car a 2001 cdt manual, there is no knock at all, but in the auto yes.
Do inner track rod ends give this symptom? Knock noise but no play?
The car passed its MOT a week ago, and i pointed it out to the tester who couldnt find even the slightest play in the steering.
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