MUNCH.........do you have an independent front suspension in your car. I found that the rack and pinion steering I have on my coupe with Kugel IFS, that the rack moves back and forth on the mounting brackets , ever so slightly in the mounting slots in the cross member. You see it when car is sitting and steering wheel moves to take up slack.In my case I have to drill out the rack to accommodate 1/2" allen bolts to fill the slack in the cross member.Could be like you say the U joints on the shaft, but I find that unlikely Mike, I also have a Kugel IFS but it seems fine. I have the linkage apart and the 1"DD shaft at the bottom of the column clear. You can move it and feel the play.mike lynch
Take another person with a pair of vice grips clamp them on the end of the steering column where the universal joint is and then try the move the steering wheel.see what becomes of that you are deffinetely going to have to find out where this play is coming from can not have one inch of play man that is way way way to much vette59jdwl
Typical GM style tilt column have two places where play of noise can develop. One is at the tilt joint where there are nylon inserts in the joint assembly and the other is where the male and female portions of the column come together in a slip joint. The nylon can either ware or brake and cause the problem. I don't know of much else that could cause excessive play or noise in the column. Really a simple setup....
Quote from: madmike3434 on September 26, 2015, 07:38:07 PMMUNCH.........do you have an independent front suspension in your car. I found that the rack and pinion steering I have on my coupe with Kugel IFS, that the rack moves back and forth on the mounting brackets , ever so slightly in the mounting slots in the cross member. You see it when car is sitting and steering wheel moves to take up slack.In my case I have to drill out the rack to accommodate 1/2" allen bolts to fill the slack in the cross member. Could be like you say the U joints on the shaft, but I find that unlikely xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Mike, I also have a Kugel IFS but it seems fine. I have the linkage apart and the 1"DD shaft at the bottom of the column clear. You can move it and feel the play.
MUNCH.........do you have an independent front suspension in your car. I found that the rack and pinion steering I have on my coupe with Kugel IFS, that the rack moves back and forth on the mounting brackets , ever so slightly in the mounting slots in the cross member. You see it when car is sitting and steering wheel moves to take up slack.In my case I have to drill out the rack to accommodate 1/2" allen bolts to fill the slack in the cross member. Could be like you say the U joints on the shaft, but I find that unlikely xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Mike, I also have a Kugel IFS but it seems fine. I have the linkage apart and the 1"DD shaft at the bottom of the column clear. You can move it and feel the play.
MunchAre you saying the solid shaft that is inserted inside the hollow Double D is loose? Or is it loose between the Double D and steering wheel?Ed
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