just wondering if anybody had similar steering wheel noises on a second gen. mines an 02. a knocking sort of sound that can be felt in the wheel mainly at low speed turning.lubed steering column u joints,and was able to wiggle the column enough to suspect column problems?out of warranty and no time. so i would guess it would be a pretty spendy show at the shop?

 

Check the play in the steering box. Mine has a small pop that you can here from underneath the truck. You can try to adjust the worm gear or you can buy a reman unit from NAPA. I think I heard its about $240 from there.


Phil

 

the knocking sound turned out to be the clock spring.dealer is going to replace under warranty,even though my 3 years is expired.man,a good dealer story for a change!

 

What is a clock spring and what does it do?

 

Low speed clunk when turning the wheel, heh? I'd suspect the I-shaft has a bit of play in it and is binding on one of the flats. The body flexes causing the I-shaft to move just slightly. They had a similar problem in early 2nd gens. Some lash is OK say maybe .010 - .015" on the shaft after that it's worn out. FWIW, The original manufacturer sells them to DCX for a fraction of what the dealer charges.

 

update,still knocking.clockspring didn,t fix it.dealer wants to replace column,at 1,000 bucks...ouch..vssman i'm going to try to look into your thought on sterring shaft.

 

Had the same problem with my '00 and steering shaft was replaced in '02 under warranty. No problem since!!