RE: STEERING COLUMN CLUNK

From: HamilWF1@SPACEMSG.JHUAPL.edu
Date: Thu Mar 05 1998 - 09:40:32 EST

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This problem came up on this list last year and this is the fix I used
for the same problem. Open your hood and look at your steering column.
About half way up from the box there is a joint. This is where the
steering column collapses in a front end collision. If you take two
metal bars (I used aluminum) and place one on each side of that joint
and attach with two hose clamps at each end and tighten down . For some
reason this joint gets loose very easily and this will take out the play
in it. I have a 93 CC
4X4 and it worked great on mine . Also by using aluminum I am pretty
sure it will bend or the hose clamps will break upon impact. Bars should
be about 7" long , 1.5 " wide and .25" thick. Let me know how it works
for you.
Bill Hamilton
Torsion Bar Tweak (2" Front)
1993 CC V-6 4X4
Cat-Back Duals by Midas
FIPK w/ C.A.R.B. #
All Synthetic Lubes

> -----Original Message-----
> From: TWOOD1@pheaa.org [SMTP:TWOOD1@pheaa.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 1998 6:17 PM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: DML: STEERING COLUMN CLUNK
>
> I own a 97 sport 4x4. Overall I love this truck, but it has been in
> the shop three times
> for a clunk or popping in the steering column. Two times the
> dealership couldn't duplicate
> the problem. Finally the third time I had the service manager ride
> with me and he felt
> it. They replaced parts within the column but wouldn't you know it
> after 3 weeks and a
> couple of hundred miles, its back. Any one else had this problem and
> if so how did you
> fix it?
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> Please keep this in mind. Thank you! --Jaek (smit2204) and -Jon-
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This problem came up =
on this list last year and this is the fix I used for the same problem. =
Open your hood and look at your steering column. About half way up from =
the box there is a joint. This is where the steering column collapses =
in a front end collision. If you take two metal bars (I used aluminum) =
and place one on each side of that joint and attach with two hose =
clamps at each end and tighten down . For some reason this joint gets =
loose very easily and this will take out the play in it. I have a 93 CC =

4X4 and it worked =
great on mine . Also by using aluminum I am pretty sure it will =
bend or the hose clamps will break upon impact. Bars should be about =
7" long , 1.5 " wide and .25" thick. Let me know how it =
works for you.

Bill Hamilton 
Torsion Bar Tweak (2" =
Front)
1993 CC V-6 4X4
Cat-Back Duals by Midas
FIPK w/ C.A.R.B. #
All Synthetic Lubes

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From: TWOOD1@pheaa.org [SMTP:TWOOD1@pheaa.org]
Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 1998 6:17 PM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: =
 DML: STEERING COLUMN CLUNK

I own a 97 sport =
4x4. Overall I love this truck, but it has been in the shop three =
times 
for a clunk or =
popping in the steering column. Two times the dealership couldn't =
duplicate
the problem. =
Finally the third time I had the service manager ride with me and he =
felt 
it. They =
replaced parts within the column but wouldn't you know it after 3 weeks =
and a 
couple of hundred =
miles, its back. Any one else had this problem and if so how did =
you 
fix it?
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 =
(__) ,---------. NOTE: The preceding message was sent via =
Jaek and 
 (oo) | =
:\/: _ _ \ Jon's WWW mail cow gateway. That is to say, the =

 =
/-------\/_/ : :: :: : ) person who sent this message could =
in fact be an 
 / | MAIL|| =
\_ ' '`-'`-'/ anonymous prankster. Even though this =
message was
* =
||"" || \__________/ mailed to you from the =
cs.fredonia.edu domain, it 
 =
^^ =
^^ &nbs=
p; could have been generated by anyone in the world. =

Please keep this in =
mind. Thank you! --Jaek (smit2204) and -Jon- =
(stei0302)
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