I’ve been hearing this clunk or knock sound when going over uneven road surfaces or bumps.
I first noticed this after switching out my shocks and struts to new ones. In this process, I remove the tie rod end from the wheel hub to make things easier. I know it’s not from either the shocks or the struts because I have done this before without removing the tie rods and have not had this issue.
Today I jacked up the car and re-torqued the tie rods to the wheel hub without preload and also tightened the steering rack bushing because I figured the noise might’ve been coming from there.
Made the noise a lot worse. I am almost certain it’s coming from the tightening of the steering rack bushing. If I loosen it, the sound is much worse. if I tighten it, the sound gets slightly better, but the steering gets so stiff that it doesn’t return to center after completing a turn.
What should my next steps be to fix this issue?
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