Steering rattle

["Phemister, George - AFN" <PHEMISG@xxxxxxxx>]

<<<<<<<<<<<On Wed, 14 Oct 1998, Josh Murray wrote:

> as long as we're talking about my steering wheel, it produces a strange,
> dull, rattle originating out of stalk somewhere and is directly correlated
> to movement (you know, bumps).  It is one of those rattles that only
> surfaces when driving and hard to locate when your navigating urban chaos.
> Anybody had anything like it?  Did you figure out what it was?

 Don't know if we're talking about the exact same rattle, but I've
found the steering shafts to have a rattle around the u-joint.  I'm
not sure if it's supposed to do that or not.  My old E21 did it, and
then I found my new (to me) E30 doing the exact same thing at only 4
years old.  I could make the noise by grabbing the u-joint and
wiggling it.  The little bit of play down there transmits the noise
right up the shaft into the cabin.
 I notice it every friggin' time I ride over the nearby railroad
tracks that don't carry trains anymore, but are left in the road
anyway, getting rougher, and rougher, and rougher...

 John Bolhuis   <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

 John -  I have the same problem with my E28. The U-joint is worn/loose,
which accounts for the play in the steering wheel. Best to check this prior
to attacking the box. Question is: can the joint be changed without
a)removing steering box ; and/or b) pulling up steering column. Anyone done
one of these in an E28?

George

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