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Rod
| | Posted on Saturday, November 23, 2002 - 11:23 pm: | 
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every winter my steering starts to squick...like rubber against metal.... has anyone ever had this prob and how can i corrcet this...
Thanks in advance,
Rod |
Ramsay (3toedsloth)
| | Posted on Saturday, November 23, 2002 - 11:45 pm: |
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I've got it too buddy. I haven't found a solution thus far.
JR |
DChrismon
| | Posted on Sunday, November 24, 2002 - 03:38 am: |
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My 97 and 98 do it.. |
Steve (Steve2)
| | Posted on Sunday, November 24, 2002 - 11:28 am: |
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is it a grindy sound that is most heard at low speeds, quick turns?
if so it's your steering column... well - not the column - but a 35cent bushing that aligns the column, the bush goes bad and you need to replace the column. unless you can do a 'field fix' and modify how it's done.
i did some mild wheeling a while back and the noise showed up. i thought it was the srs wires or maybe the metal horn 'drag leg'.
found out its the column! i've had one on order for serveral months now....along with a transfer case.
steve |
Ramsay (3toedsloth)
| | Posted on Sunday, November 24, 2002 - 09:42 pm: |
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Definitely not a grind. It's a squeak inside the truck. Quite annoying. Mine tends to go away after I've been driving for a while. Or maybe it's like so many other noises on my truck that I begin to tune out one by one... I'm still interested in finding an answer. Maybe I'll take it apart over Thanksgiving.
JR |
Carter Simcoe (Carter)
| | Posted on Sunday, November 24, 2002 - 09:52 pm: |
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Mine has it to, I ripped the column apart and still couldn't find out where it was coming from, if you have better luck let me know. |
Kevin Howell
| | Posted on Monday, November 25, 2002 - 10:54 am: |
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glad it's not just me. i've got it too, but i've mentally placed it a few notches below some other stuff on my priority list. i'll just turn the volume on my stereo up for now. ;) |
Jack (Olered)
| | Posted on Monday, November 25, 2002 - 11:02 am: |
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My 99D1 makes a noise sounding like the steering wheel is stripped or something. It usually happens while I'm backing out of a parking spot and low speeds. It sounds like "ongggggnkkkkk". Don't laugh. I'm trying to be scientific. A D -webber has suggested that it needs a little power steering fluid. Who knows? |
Jorge P. Gutierrez, Jr. (Jpg2esq)
| | Posted on Monday, November 25, 2002 - 12:04 pm: |
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Being from Florida, I think its only cold weather related. Mine happened the other day when it was 50 degrees for the first time this year. In the past it happened on a trip to north carolina in the snow. Its not a grind but more like a low pitched squeal. |
jec
| | Posted on Monday, November 25, 2002 - 12:42 pm: |
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On our 95, it was a plastic bushing where the steering wheel goes through the firewall. Per our former dealer tech in Anchorage, AK, it is cold related and there was a newer version (at least for our 95) that after he installed it the noise went away. He told me I could lube it to make the noise go away until he replaced the part, but I don't think I did (it's been a while ago).
John |
Mike J. (Mudd)
| | Posted on Monday, November 25, 2002 - 05:48 pm: |
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I had the same problem! Not any more! It's where the steering shaft goes through the firewall through the rubber grommet thing. I took my grease gun with the needle tip attached and shoved it ino the grommet from the engine compartment side. Pumped in a few shots of grease.  never again has it squeaked. Your welcome, Mike |
Ken Dunnington (Ihwillys)
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 26, 2002 - 10:56 am: |
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Thanks Mike. I've got it too. Now I won't.
DWeb is great.
Ken |
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