anyone elses steering rack take a dump?

[paroxysym]

so i pull up to my house tonight and im checking how close to the curb i am so i turn my wheels back and forth. upon doing so i hear a pronounced thud/pop on the drivers side. i can feel it in my steering wheel and through the pedals. i turned them back and forth twice and it did it both times while in drive. i threw it in park, opened the door and it didnt make that loud of a thud/pop. i did alittle search and it sounds like the tell tale signs of the rack going bad on my jeep.

what pisses me off is i never wheel her, she has 73k on her, and i have replaced all the components in the front end for the most part- shocks, swaybar, swaybar bushings, swabar links and bushings... just adding this to the reasons im considering going back to stock. anyone else have this?

[superacerc]

Ewww, I just started getting a pop when turning and the tires are aired down. I just assumed out was the tie rod joints going bad. I hope it's not the steering rack. It doesn't do it with the tires pumped up tight. Less friction equals no noise.

[Matt]

I can get mine to make the same noise.... almost sounds/feels like a joint in the steering culumn is binding/popping. I don't think its the rack.... ill have to have my wife turn the steering wheel tonight while I probe around and find out where the noise is coming from.


.... and I only have 37,000 miles. So quite yur whining.

[BonesWK]

I also get a noise similar to what you all are describing. 92k on it.. I figured it was tie rod or cv joint? or just the jeep being a jeep...

[LWM]

I have the same sound and 23,000 miles. Just assumed it was a normal noise from the front end.

[BonesWK]

I have the same sound and 23,000 miles. Just assumed it was a normal noise from the front end.

Dang dude 23k.. do you ever drive that thing? Mint! Well done

[cico7]

Four-Wheel Drive (4X4): transfer case and all internal parts; transfer case control module
and shift mode motor assembly; axle housing and all internal parts; axle shafts; axle shaft
bearings; drive shafts assemblies (front and rear); drive shaft center bearings;
universal joints and yokes; disconnect housing assembly; seals and gaskets
for the listed components only. Could it fall in here?

[Matt]

No, the steering rack does not fall into any of those categories.

[07JeepXK]

No problems so far with my steering rack and im sitting at 95,000 miles. I bought my Jeep brand new and it had like 6 or 8 miles on the odometer when i took it for the test drive. I do a fair amount of off roading to and im not talking about driving on the grass in my back yard...lol

[Sal-XK]

No issues with mine I'm at about 77K right now and off road a lot but I drive like an old man on the road. I think hard street driving is way harder on a jeep then crawling rocks