Re: Weird steering noise

From: JAMES KNOX (knox.james@sympatico.ca)
Date: Wed Aug 27 2003 - 15:53:24 EDT


Val with humour- take the the Wife out the Dak and Test Drive----- Original
Message -----
From: "Valentin Garcia" <valentingar@msn.com>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2003 8:52 PM
Subject: DML: Weird steering noise

>
> Hey gang, just when you think all is well and your Dak is doing just
> fine..... something has to creep up on you! Actually in this case "creak".
> Today as I was pulling out of my driveway to go to work I notice a
somewhat
> loud creak as I was turning the steering wheel (about a 90 degree turn
from
> dead center) It makes that noise when I turn it either way. I have no idea
> what to do. I looked under the hood, and got a look underneath the truck
> will my wife turned the wheel, but I could not locate the source of the
> creak. I did notice however that the truck squeaks very loud when you push
> down on the bumper (think old spring mattress). Could it be low on
> powersteering fluid? How would I check that? I have not noticed any fluid
> leaks on my driveway. The Dak's got about 16500 miles on her. Any pointers
> would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
>
>
> Val Garcia
> Houston TX
> 2K2 SXT RegCab 3.9L V6
> Graphite Metallic
>
> _________________________________________________________________
> MSN 8: Get 6 months for $9.95/month. http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/dialup
>
>



This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Fri Feb 06 2004 - 11:46:54 EST