Chad Justice
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Probably a bit of an odd question to ask here, but has anyone ever heard of a power steering pump making a clacking/chattering noise when they go bad?? Out of the blue, it started whining some last night... I'm thinking, "Well, I've got 91K on my truck (Toyota Tacoma 4x4), and I put 33x12.50 tires on about 4000 miles ago. Not surprising, really!" Then, I get home and let it idle while I pop the hood to make sure that's what it was.. While I was looking, it started making a chattering, clacking noise. I've never heard one do THAT before!! I reached inside and cut the wheel, and it stopped whining and chattering as I continued to cut the wheel. Once I stopped cutting the wheel, it started whining again.. I let go of the wheel completely, the wheel spun back an inch or so (as normal), and I let it idle for a few seconds... It started clacking again. It seems to only clack when there's no pressure being applied, and it sits idle for a few seconds. Has anyone ever heard of this before?? I'm curious as to why it started doing this all in one night!!