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Replace under warranty at about 12,000 miles

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Had the entire steering rack replaced under warranty at about 12,000 miles.
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But I couldn’t see the bolt that needed tightened from under the car.
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Had the entire steering rack replaced under warranty at about 12,000 miles.
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But I couldn’t see the bolt that needed tightened from under the car.
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I just had a similar problem and this post fixed my problem too.
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POST 1Original post

I had a very slight clunk in my steering when first turning the wheel to the left on my 2010 Cayman S . Tie rods and suspension all checked out so I was kind of stumped. Turns out it was a loose pinch bolt where the steering shaft u-joint attaches to the steering rack. The bolt can be accessed by removing the left front wheel. From there it's a straight shot (with a bunch of socket extensions) to the 13mm bolt on the u-joint right above the rack. Spec is 17-18 ft-lb and mine was slightly loose. I torqued it to 18 and it was better but not gone so I went up to 20 and now it no longer clunks. If you're having a weird little click/clunk in your steering you may want to check this. Doing some searching apparently it's not uncommon for this bolt to be loose in the 987/ 987.2 ? Which seems really weird but there you go.

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Thanks for the tip!

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Great tip. I had a "clunk" turning left or right when stopped on my '12 Cayman S . Had the entire steering rack replaced under warranty at about 12,000 miles.

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I just had a similar problem and this post fixed my problem too. If i sat parked, with engine off, i could move the steering wheel back and forth an here soft clunk, clunk, clunk, as i quickly moved the wheel. I took the under body panel off and could see that the looseness was at the steering linkage to the rack’s pinion. But I couldn’t see the bolt that needed tightened from under the car. But following these instructions, including a little extra torque removed the slop caused by that loose clamp bolt.

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I know this is an old thread, but it is what I referenced on a steering clunk. However, I only noticed the clunk with the car off, jacked up, and grabbed the front wheel at 9 and 3. There was a noticeable clunk. I remembered this thread, snugged up the 13mm bolt, but there was still play (although maybe a little less?). No major change, which wasn’t surprising given that the bolt seemed snug to begin with. However, when looking in there a bit more, I had the key in the accessory position to turn the steering wheel, and in that condition - no clunk. The engine was not running, so no power steering pressure. What is happening in the steering rack that power (but no engine) would take up play, while power off would allow, say, 5* or rotation between the steering column and the rack?

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