rivierakid55 Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 last couple times id driven it i kept hearing this stupid clunking in the steering wheel. of course i thought "the dreaded steering shaft deal" but apparently 06 and up have a revamped unit. turned out my pitman arm was about to fall off, lol so 100 bucks later im the proud owner of a new idler and pitman arm at a whopping 16k miles. might have been able to get it done under warranty but i get cost on parts and for that price why not just do it yourself. gonna chalk it up to the fact that im lowered about 3 in the front and ive been running around the last year with my caster completely screwed. done venting, have a good one all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizard Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 Do you have the part numbers for those parts? I think that I need to replace them also. Truck is very "loose" in front end. Did notice that two ball joints had torn boots. Thanks Wiz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rivierakid55 Posted January 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 Do you have the part numbers for those parts? I think that I need to replace them also. Truck is very "loose" in front end. Did notice that two ball joints had torn boots.Thanks Wiz ill see if i can get them tomorrow. i just had my friend order them from me from a local gm dealer and i installed them but he should still have the receipt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fireman31 Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 the '06s are not immune from the steering shaft issue, mine had to be replaced 2 months ago.......glad to hear you found the cause before the pitman arm totally popped off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gixxerrider Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 good thing you found it before you could only go straight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smoke03 Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 glad to see it was a fairly cheap fix! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12'SROCK Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 good to hear it was a minor problem and that you caught it before anything else could of went wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprayed99 Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 good thing you found it before you could only go straight or worse got stuck in a U-turn LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
detjoe Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 moog makes some HD steering parts, might want to upgrade if you do this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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