steering not good

[keithy2k12]

my steering is not good because when i drive straight the car just turns left or right and when i hit the white makers on the road it turns really bad and i checked the ball joints and all the bushes and everything at the front its all good and when i am parked and i shake the steering its like knocking sounds and i really want this fix because when i went to work and i was down a farm road it put me into the hedge but no damage it was lucky and i got the steering lined the steering wheel is level but when i go over a hump or a ramp its off level so i went to get lined again and did the same problem again

renault megane 1.6 16v vvt 2004

[pfeek114]

have you check the steering rack itself, it could be bent somewhere

[keithy2k12]

bump

[cyclonebri1]

Mine has developed looseness at 65k miles. Over the last month or so it feels vague, it feels like the wheels are out of balance and it rattles over kerbs and pot holes.

Finally got around to jacking the bugger up today and it's both inside track rod ends that are shot, ie, at the point at which the trackrod itself mounts to the steering rack rather than the outer track rod end.

Bloody strage they should go like that as the outers are fine and the gaiters are still perfect. Looks to me as if they were never greased in the 1st place.

Good news is they can be had for less than £20 a pr deliverd off ebay, bad news is I've done similar before, they can be an absolute bugger to undo, so am considering a replacement rack instead.