Re: groans while turning

From: James Babcock (james.a.babcock@adn.alcatel.com)
Date: Tue Feb 25 1997 - 13:24:11 EST


I see that you have the 2WD Frank. My 4WD has tortion bars. If the
2WD does too, that's probably the source of the noise. It probably has
to do with the torque applied by the drive shaft; thus, only on left
turns. Just a wild guess.

-Jim.
'87 V6 auto 4x4

>& Another problem is, if I turn my wheels full left, I get a "groaning/grinding"
>& kind of noise. Really annoying. Full right doesn't do this.
>
> Mine does this too. Even when I back the steering wheel off a few inches
> from the stop the sound persists.
>
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