Steering wheel play

[Dre319]

It’s time to replace those lower and upper arm bushings

It’s maybe time to have a close look at the upper and lower arm bushings !

I know for sure I have to replace the lower ones on the right side and will just do both lower one while I’m at it. The uppers have been replaced already. The sloppy steering wheel is not only while driving but while it sits too. I haven’t confirmed it yet but it looks to be leaning towards the tag joint. I’ll post up when I find out.


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[kennythewelder]

The 95 and 96 dash are the same, you're a year off. 96 was still a year that passenger airbags were not required in a full sized truck. 97 and up have passenger airbags, but the 2500+ trucks had an option to not have airbags from what I understand.

Ok, but is the steering column the same in 95,96,96?

 

[Hobie]

Ok, but is the steering column the same in 95,96,96?

I think the 95/96 are the same, and 97+ are different. J/Y had the 96 and 97 steering columns as non interchangeable

 

[David89gmc]

Not sure about your truck, but almost all the '89 GMs have a problem with bolts coming loose within the upper steering column. Look it up. It takes a while to get the column apart and requires some locktite, but you can tighten it.

 

[Dre319]

Has anyone tried the Doorman replacement for the rag joint? It completely replaces that material and it’s all metal. Little pricey but is it worth it?

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[Supercharged111]

My rag joint was like $40. I saw that shaft and said no, not worth it. Especially because it's Dorman. I believe my box to be the cause of my remaining slop even though I've cranked the **** out of the over center adjustment.

 

[kennythewelder]

Its been a while since I did mine, but I want to say, my rag joint was like $10. Its not hard to change at all. No way I would buy a whole shaft for over $200 to swap out a bad $10 part.

 

[Supercharged111]

Its been a while since I did mine, but I want to say, my rag joint was like $10. Its not hard to change at all. No way I would buy a whole shaft for over $200 to swap out a bad $10 part.

Did you get just the rag? Mine had the joint with it. I used a Lares 205 from Blow Reilly's.

 

[kennythewelder]

Yea, just found it on OReillys sight. $10.99

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