Steering wheel 'creaking'
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Anyone experienced this? Not the same as the 'clunking', due to a joint that needs to be lubricated where the steering column meets the steering rack - had that problem, and it has been fixed. This is more like a rubbing sound coming very distinctly from the steering wheel... with luck it will be just a simple lube job, rather than some sort of problem with the standard (not Active) power steering .
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Originally Posted by idoru' post='250547' date='Mar 6 2006, 06:22 AM
Anyone experienced this? Not the same as the 'clunking', due to a joint that needs to be lubricated where the steering column meets the steering rack - had that problem, and it has been fixed. This is more like a rubbing sound coming very distinctly from the steering wheel... with luck it will be just a simple lube job, rather than some sort of problem with the standard (not Active) power steering .
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My steering wheel has this faint, but noticable, clicking sound when I turn it. I think it might have something to do with the Active Steering. i've never asked about it, though.... because I usually don't hear it with the music on. 
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Originally Posted by BMWJIMT' post='250558' date='Mar 6 2006, 11:52 AM
But the problem came back, rubbing sounds like it is from just befind steering wheel
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Originally Posted by idoru' post='250648' date='Mar 6 2006, 12:01 PM
That is it, in a nutshell. Out of interest, did you get an explanation as to why the whole steering column is being replaced?
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Originally Posted by BMWJIMT' post='250716' date='Mar 6 2006, 07:39 PM
Dealer said that the problem was due to some kind of nylon bush rubbing in steering mechanism. I stressed that I did not want it ' lubricated ' again, but fixed properly ( as where in the service schedule does it say oil the steering column bushes every 6 months !!, its not as if you can do it yourself ).
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