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I have a rattle that i cant source coming form my steering wheel. Its doing my box in now cos i can pinpoint the noise to the bit at which the wheel bolts to the column but nothing appears loose. It doesn't matter whether i pull push or wiggle the streering wheel. Its always there:? Its like water torture Help

Messed about, removed things one by one. Their is a kind of star washer behind the indicator cancelling thing. Either that or a collapsed bearing race.
It seems its allowing the shaft to rattle inside coumn. Does anyone know of a servicing kit you can get for a mk3 steering column?

Noise unbearable. I was thinking of removing the steering wheel alltogether and engineering some kind of differential braking system for the front wheels. Could be easier than finding the rattle

mfw898y wrote:I have a rattle that i cant source coming form my steering wheel. Its doing my box in now cos i can pinpoint the noise to the bit at which the wheel bolts to the column but nothing appears loose. It doesn't matter whether i pull push or wiggle the streering wheel. Its always there:? Its like water torture Help

i have the same rattle.have you got it sorted yet?if so do tell,if not you have my sympathy:)

popacam wrote:

mfw898y wrote:I have a rattle that i cant source coming form my steering wheel. Its doing my box in now cos i can pinpoint the noise to the bit at which the wheel bolts to the column but nothing appears loose. It doesn't matter whether i pull push or wiggle the streering wheel. Its always there:? Its like water torture Help

i have the same rattle.have you got it sorted yet?if so do tell,if not you ha
ve my sympathy:)

i made a nylon bush to replace the sloppy standard bearing race,the dimensions are as follows...
od-26mm
id-19mm
length-15mm
after fitting,the stalk switch locator can be used to secure it by boring the bush(5mm)through the hole in the colume.steering is mint now and quieter than a mouse.