If the car is powered down, and the steering is thus now manual, does the
sound still occur, if it does then it aint the power steering.
Many many years ago, and I mean many, my late father had a sound like this.
Of course this in this case is very much dependent on what you describe
here, and 6 weeks later the fuses were blown for some of the devices
controlled from the stalk on the column. It was so old that the car was
scrapped as loom issues can be very dangerous.

Brian

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On 27/11/16 15:58, George wrote:
My wife's car has just started to produce noises that can only be
described a strange, from the Steering Wheel. When it is turned it
sounds as if there is a small wire brush inside the area just below
the actual steering wheel containing the Air Bag. I have removed the
cover and tried to pin-point from whence it comes, but it does not
seem to be at all localised. I thought that maybe a piece of
cellophane sweet wrapper had got into the works somehow.

I does not seem to change anywhere the wheel is turned to and I have
tried an air pressure line to try and dislodge anything stuck in a
crack somewhere, to no avail.

The local garage has offered to dismantle the steering head assembly
and change the spiral connection that they say feeds connections to
the horn and the air bag, but the charge would be more than the car
is worth.

My reaction to this is to turn up the radio or always to travel in a
straight line, however neither of these solutions are really
satisfactory. I would really like to hear if anyone has heard this
before or has any idea what it might be. Is it likely to a. get
better, b. stay the same, or c. set off the airbag or the horn at the
most inconvenient time.

Any comments would be welcome. Thanks George.

Power steering on the blink? Check fluid levels.

X reg is pretty old... all sorts of stuff start happening to Old Cars..;-)


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