A couple of issues in one thread
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How much of a pain is the whole intermediate shaft replacement?
How much of a pain is the whole intermediate shaft replacement?
Hi,
My 06 with about 175k had a steering shaft that rattled like the whole dash was coming out. The bearing assembly (white plastic thingy) at the bottom of the column (inside the cabin) was a little loose. Pushed it up into the column, put a hose clamp around it and tightened the 'snot' out of it. Nice and quiet! It's been about 10k miles since I did that and it needs to be tightened again; the clamp has slipped a bit. Sounds too easy, but everything still works wonderful!! There are several threads on here about doing that fix.
Good luck.
walt
My 06 with about 175k had a steering shaft that rattled like the whole dash was coming out. The bearing assembly (white plastic thingy) at the bottom of the column (inside the cabin) was a little loose. Pushed it up into the column, put a hose clamp around it and tightened the 'snot' out of it. Nice and quiet! It's been about 10k miles since I did that and it needs to be tightened again; the clamp has slipped a bit. Sounds too easy, but everything still works wonderful!! There are several threads on here about doing that fix.
Good luck.
walt
So I had my steering column out today, my dad and I used some grease to relubricate the shaft and tightened it back up, and used a hose clamp to tighten under the dash like mentioned above. I think it's still vibrating slightly....
Also took my brake pads off and cleaned them with crc brake quieter...only helped a little. Still squeaky. It's so annoying and drives me crazy
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Also took my brake pads off and cleaned them with crc brake quieter...only helped a little. Still squeaky. It's so annoying and drives me crazy
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Did you put the new green bearing on the bottom of the shaft where you put the clamp?
Nope I didnt.
Is the green bearing an updated piece you can buy individually? I was under the assumption that the green bearing was just something that came with the entire GM steering column replacement?
Bearing slides out of the column, I had to smack it out with a hammer and screwdriver.. here's some pics between the updated pieces that I just replaced in my dad's Tahoe.
The last pictures shows the steering column and upper shaft without the bearing installed.
The last pictures shows the steering column and upper shaft without the bearing installed.
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