Steering rack play :-(

[rosscoe63]

stripped down today to investigate a knocking noise and found about 5mm play in the rack arms :-(

Cars only done 50k, appreciate Ive gotta replace it but can any one shed any ideas on what would cause something like this to wear???

thanks in advance

[th3_f15t]

I'm pretty sure there was a recall on steering columns in earlier mk5 Golfs. Might be worth investigating...

[rosscoe63]

cheers matey, its an 08 but will deffo make an enquiry 

[th3_f15t]

I think it was related to a senor within the column that meant the whole unit had to be replaced. There is a 54 plate steering rack for sale on this forum at the moment as luck would have it... Give DANBOY66 a shout if you need it, he recently broke a whole GTI so got loads of parts.

[vRSAlex]

If the play is in the arms then the arms can be replaced. If the play is in the rack (more likely) then the rack will need changing.

[Spankiee]

I always think my 08 eddy makes some funny noises when I'm doing like slow manoeuvring like parking etc. probably the same thing