Sounds like you're getting warm....
On 8/24/05, LT Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Listening more carefully (and perhaps because the noise is happening more
> frequently now) I think I might have a better clue as to what is causing it.
>
> It is definitely a metallic sound, but the frequency makes me think of a
> ratchet. In other words, as the wheel is turned slowly there is a constant
> "clink" ... "clink" ... "clink" ... and you can almost visualize a ratchet
> mechanism in your mind while listening.
>
> I wonder if whatever it is that locks the steering wheel when the key is
> removed is dragging against the mechanism, not enough to lock the steering
> but enough to make a periodic noise?
>
> Hopefully this isn't all hermetically sealed inside the ignition tumbler
> assembly!
>
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