If you greased the ball joints and the sound went away, it's the ball
joints. Had the same issue on my '97. (Common Problem)
- Bernd
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Bill Pitz
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 11:56 AM
To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
Subject: DML: steering squeak & noise
I've got a bit of a strange problem. My '00 CC 4x4 has recently
developed some noises related to the steering system.
There are two noises, and both of them *only* happen when I have the
wheel turned to the right (doesn't matter how much -- even just a few
degrees off center to the right). The first noise sounds kind of like a
rattling noise (not a squeak) and is only audible at low speeds
(primarily in parking lots, etc.) I suspect it's probably present at
higher speed too, but the road noise drowns it out at that point.
The second noise is a squeak. When I have the wheel turned at all to
the right, there's a squeak if I go over even a tiny bump. I had a
similar problem once a while back (squeak on right turns from a stop). I
had the dealer take a look at it, and they lubed all of the pivot points
on the intermediate steering shaft and the noise went away.
Well, yesterday I greased the hell out of all of the joints on the
intermediate steering shaft. I haven't driven the truck much since
then, but the squeak seems to be gone. Any ideas about either of these
noises and what I can do to get rid of them?
Thanks,
-Bill
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