Perhaps some moly grease to prevent binding and subsequent "clunk" when there's enough flex to induce movement in the
joint.
gk
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-----Original Message-----
From: James Atkinson <destroyer872@hotmail.com>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Tuesday, March 10, 1998 3:04 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Light Clunk
>(3-9-97) for servicing and reported this to the service manager, he said
>it was caused by a slip joint in the steering column, because the truck
>is a body on frame type, the steering wheel is mounted on the body and
>the steering gear and transmission are mounted to the frame it has to
>have this joint to allow for movement. He also said it seems to occur in
>about ten out fifty trucks, and doesn't seem to cause any other
>problems. Mine follows no discernible pattern, it seems to do it when it
>feels like it.
>
> Jim
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