Brandon27 Posted July 14, 2004 Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 I just got my SS 2 weeks ago. It has 21,000 miles on it. It has just started to clunk and I can't hear anything but I can feel it in the steering wheel. It gets worse when I turn slow. Any ideas? thanks Brandon 03 SS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwest94 Posted July 14, 2004 Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 Mine is doing the same exact thing, and I only have 2500 miles. Read this string: http://www.silveradoss.com/forums/index.ph...?showtopic=6629 Read the reply that gbounds gave me regarding this same issue, about it maybe a dry intermediate shaft on the steering collum. I'm going to call my dealer in the next day or two to have mine looked at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big10Fan Posted July 14, 2004 Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 just needs grease from the dealer, bout a 30min job then its all good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPEEDCRAVIN Posted July 14, 2004 Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 My wifes 03 Z71 Tahoe had that issue and they replaced the steering drive shaft that goes between the steering column and the steering gear box. This has been a problem with the full size trucks from the Gerenal for a long time. I have a toolbox full of them from when I used to turn wrench at a G.M. dealership about 4 years ago!! The repair is not a big one and does not take much time!! No biggy. JOSH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wicked_SS Posted July 14, 2004 Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 check this out...i went thru the same thing thunking noises good luck with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon27 Posted July 14, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2004 you guys rock! I was hoping I wouldn't have to deal with this forever. Thanks Brandon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnatGoSplat Posted July 16, 2004 Report Share Posted July 16, 2004 Why don't they put a zerk in the shaft? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy03SS Posted July 16, 2004 Report Share Posted July 16, 2004 I'm getting the same Thunking, Clunking feeling in the steering wheel too, with 10k miles on my 03 SS. Time to make an appt with the dealer, and I'm bringing notes with me from the Forum. Its great to have a Forum like this to share notes. Thanks to all that have noted the same issue. ...Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiseguy Posted July 20, 2004 Report Share Posted July 20, 2004 I also have felt that "thump" in the steering when slightly turning,i thought is was me..I have 18,000 miles.. guess its time to bring it in and have the tailgate cables replaced at the same time.. terr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy03SS Posted July 22, 2004 Report Share Posted July 22, 2004 I had the clunk serviced this morning, so far, so good. Here's a print from the invoice listing the service done. It looks like there was a bulletin put out on this issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black03zr5 Posted July 22, 2004 Report Share Posted July 22, 2004 Just had mine fixed yesterday. Apparently it is a noisy steering shaft. They ordered one for me last week and I dropped it off for an hour. Picked it up and all is well. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICEMAN Posted July 23, 2004 Report Share Posted July 23, 2004 My truck had the same problem. A little grease and all was well. The dealer (service manager) said it is a common complaint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwest94 Posted July 23, 2004 Report Share Posted July 23, 2004 I was just at the dealer yesterday for mine, they did the grease job on mine and told me to call in the next few weeks to let them know if there is still anything in the wheel and they will replace the shaft. The service guy said that every Silverado has this problem and they should just be replacing the shaft instead of just doing the grease job first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon27 Posted July 26, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2004 Well I had my dad take the truck in for the clunk. He works at a dealership and it needs a new intermediate shaft. They had to order it so I need to take it back tomorrow a.m. Brandon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6.0ss Posted July 26, 2004 Report Share Posted July 26, 2004 I just took mine in for this, at 7k miles, It started to thump when I turned, they siad they replaced the intermediate shaft and re greased the shaft and re installed it and it is gone! Hope it does not come back.. it sounds really bad when it was there!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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