whiteline steering bushings squeak

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11-12-2005, 09:57 PM

willl

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whiteline steering bushings squeak

its been a few months since i installed my bushings and now when i move the steering wheel far left or right, it makes loud squeaks. i applied lubricant to it when i installed it, so im wondering what the problem is now and how to remedy it. TIA

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11-13-2005, 01:43 PM

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Did you clean all the old grime/crap off before you greased and reinstalled? What year wrx; they changed design for my05.

11-14-2005, 02:21 PM

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I have an 04. and there was no grime crap on it when i installed it. the first few weeks, there was no sound. but after some time, it started to happen.

11-14-2005, 11:34 PM

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Did you make sure you tightened everything down?

11-15-2005, 01:18 AM

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If you can get the car safely up on a commercial shop lift, turn the wheels one way then the other to see if you can spot any movement in the steering rack assembly that seems out of place. With the Whiteline bushings, there should be very little noticeable movement, if any. I don't advise this but if you do this while the car is on jackstands, be very, very careful because someone will have to be underneath your car to observe the rack - do so at your own risk.

My bushings have at least 20k miles on them - no noise or vibration issues.

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