S70 groaning, but not on full turn

mchiu kirjoitti:

Hi

This sound like steering. Front wheel drive limiting turning cicle so much that it will go all the way to far ends. Then it's make sqiizie sound at the end of turning limit. It also can rub to some suspension parts. Check inside front wheels and all suspension parts for wearing. Also possible You bought too wide tires.

Tero Finland

I don't know about your exact symptoms - but the usual cure for groaning on full lock is to grease the lock-stops. These are fat metal 'fingers' on each swivel assembly (one per side) which come up against nylon pads on ful lock. These have to be able to slide on the nylon, as the suspension moves up and down. If they get dry, you get the groaning noise. A quick smear of grease on the nylon pads fixes the problem in less than 5 minutes.

Does this happen with both left and right turns, or only in one direction? If only one, I wonder whether something has happened to the lock-stop - allowing you to turn *beyond* full lock. That could well result in greater resistance from the steering rack - and also allow the tyre to rub against the wheel-arch.

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It's probably the bearings at the top of the Struts that have gone bad, they can easily make the noise you describe, especially at very low speed. Rub of the tires is easy to determine, just take a look in your fenderwells, there'll be a clear spot where/if the tyre makes contact - I know because my tires rub the fenderwell at full turn.

Hey mchiu, we had similar problem on our S60 and found that there was a leak in the steerling fluid container (or whatever its called) make sure you have enough fluids, if not top off and find leak... ours was the actual container.

I check the power steering fluid a while ago when I first started researching the problem. I was above the line, but I guess it can't hurt to add a lot more just in case. As the sounds has probably been more prevalent, I guess I will check again.

And about the bearings, can these be replaced w/o taking out the springs and shocks?

Thanks to everyone, Mike

Nope....