Hi There,

I own a 2007 Civic EX. Since I bought it with 55k miles I have been hearing a rattle noise from the front right end over bumps.

What I did so far...
- Retighten the 6 steering rack bolts which helped a little with the noise
- Replaced Steering inner rod which had a little play, took almost all of the noise

However while I was bolting everithing up after replacing the rod, I could feel a very little play but I could not understand from where. Right now I still hear a little rattle when going over bumps, only on the passenger wheel.

I am suspecting my right stabilizer link might be getting bad? If not I dont know what other thing could make such noise.

 

Wheel bearing? End link? Strut bearing? Ball joint? Outer tie rod (you said you replaced the inner...but not outer)?

 

<p>like Bserious said a lot of possibilities.</p><p>Have you had it looked at? or are you fixing it yourself?</p>

 

Hi there,

Yes I am fixing it myself. Wheel bearing I dont think so since it doesnt do any noise while driving in the highway and the very very little play I felt was while moving the wheel horizontally not vertically.
Strut Bearing also I would discard it, since when I was changing the Inner rod I got the Strut out to see if I could lubricate the bearing because everytime I move the steering wheel after letting the car sit for a while I hear a clunk noise, but while investigating I read that this is common even on brand new civics, so I guess I should live with it.

Ball Joint might be, I guess Ill have to get under the car and have some one move the wheel so I can focus only on diagnosing where the noise is coming from.

A friend told me that on his previous car he had to retighten his end links once in a while, but I doubt that happens on Honda vehicles.

 

I asked a friend this weekend to help me diagnosing this noise, it seems its comming from the rack itself.

I will buy the required 40mm honda wrench so I can adjust my Steering rack, this will definetly help removing this little play/noise. Did this on my 99EX and was day and night difference.