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Originally Posted by 006
Replace the Rack Mount busings with some PROTHANE ones and you should be fine. they WILL get rid of the creak in your steering.
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Have to agree with 006 on this. An update on my sleeve swap several posts back: The noise was stopped, came back after a couple months and got even worse than before.
The tighter I torqued the nut (I think i went over 100ft/lbs.) the worse it got. I put urethane bushings in and torqued to spec and the noise went away. It looks to me like the stock rubber bushings allow the washer to crush up against the sleeve end and this is where the noise comes from. The new urethane bushings are much harder and don't appear to allow this contact, or at least don't allow any excess movement of the sleeve to produce the noise. And the steering is night and day improved compared to the old bushings. NO driveability penalties for a daily driver, can't feel any harsh vibrations in the wheel at all, feels just like stock only with MUCH better response. Do this!