Back in a Puma… been a while! Creaking steering. Need advice!

[adampuma]

So I picked myself up a T Reg 1.7 Puma in Red this time. Only had it a week or so and noticed that the steering is creaking quite a lot, drop links are a bit split, but I believe these make a knocking sound? Also, my driver side front driveshaft Gaiter has a split. But I’m thinking the ball joints are most likely to be at fault? Sounds like a pirate ship steering lol. Likely to be lower arms? Tia

 

[kopite72]

In my case it's an MX5 but the problem is similar to yours,mine has been creaking especially turning the steering wheel to the left moreso than to the right,also getting a slight vibration so I had it checked out,turns out the bushes are shot in the steering rack so I've ordered a new steering rack ( my MX5 is 11 years old,25th anniversary) not saying you need a new rack but you might,hope this helps...