Steering intermediate shaft to short!
#12
Attachment 16410I ordered a replacement shaft HHR Steering Column-Intermediate Shaft 25834100 2 weeks ago, yesterday I went thru the pain of having my buddy follow my directions to swap out the original, turns out the yoke at the steering rack double D end is approximately 2 to 2 1/2 inches short and the other splined end just barely touches the end of the splined stub of the power steering motor.
Anybody have any input here to resolve this issue is there something I'm missing? I can't get down and dirty here just have to go by my buddy's explaination
Anybody have any input here to resolve this issue is there something I'm missing? I can't get down and dirty here just have to go by my buddy's explaination
#15
Okay, sorry for the "nechrobump" but thank you! I am giving Greggs steering system a makeover. The way I figure the cost in parts is comparable to a new car payment, so if this tightens him up and keeps him going for at least another month or two the cost is justified! At least that is what I tell the wife LOL. Amazons pricing system kind of screwed me, however. I ordered that one when it said there was "one left more on the way" for about 161 dollars, then an hour later they had "10 in stock" all priced at 151!!!! My purchase drove the market price down! As I am typing, the price went down the 149.97!!!! GET EM WHILE THEY ARE HOT. BTW, is your clunkiness gone? did it ever return?
#16
Cancel your order and reorder if you can or contact Amazon and point out the price difference .
Yes that clunk is gone hasn’t returned.
Next noise is that of the 1 inch swaybar bushings or 25.4 mm. They are just loose enough to make some noise, I have a plan to install 25 mm bushings but the weather and my wrench guy aren’t cooperating.
Yes that clunk is gone hasn’t returned.
Next noise is that of the 1 inch swaybar bushings or 25.4 mm. They are just loose enough to make some noise, I have a plan to install 25 mm bushings but the weather and my wrench guy aren’t cooperating.
#17
They have it marked as "Shipping Now" so it wont let me cancel without penalizing me. I am going to contact the seller about it after I receive it. If it dropped by miore than 10 dollars then I would have a hissy fit. I understand they redesigned the shaft some time ago and replaced all previous replacement shafts with this current one, according to a couple threads on here at least. I think GM was lucky with this, and that none of the U joints gave out or snapped completely or else it would've ended up worse than the ignition recall. I have seen some videos of people up North with U joints rusted so bad that they were ready to fall apart. Scary if you think about it.
Also, I replaced those bushings with OEM nearly a year ago and they are still holding up, so about 30K on them. I am still young/limber enough to be my own wrench guy, but those bushings are such a PITA I just had a shop do them and will next time they go out.
Also, I replaced those bushings with OEM nearly a year ago and they are still holding up, so about 30K on them. I am still young/limber enough to be my own wrench guy, but those bushings are such a PITA I just had a shop do them and will next time they go out.
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