Steer box noise

[gary996]

I was doing front brakes on my 99 C2 and when the car was up we turned the wheels side to side by the rotor during the work. We notice some noise like metal rubbing against metal coming from what I would guess to be the steering box, behind the cowling and dead center between the wheels. When we turned the wheels by the steering wheel it was still there but not as bad. Now don't get me wrong, it's not loud and it doesn't sound real bad, you can't feel anything in the steering. It just sounded like metal sliding against metal. I am just wondering if this is a harbinger of bad things to come?

Any ideas or suggestions?

Thanks

[Loren]

Hmm... without the power assist to the steering that may be normal. There is some resistance and noise when you move the steering gears without the fluid pressure.