Slop in steering?

[reihart]

I have a 2014 1500 Denali that has terrible slop in the steering. I have to constantly steer back and forth to keep her between the lines.  Does anybody else have problems like this? Any ideas of where to look or what it is?  Thanks 

[1SLOW1500]

Tie rods and ball joints first. Then brakes and alignment

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[reihart]

I don’t believe that’s it.  You have to turn the steering wheel about 3/4 of an inch before it starts turning. You can tell it’s in the steering column 

[Bobbigboy]

It might be a bad steering rack.  I believe there was a tsb or a recall.  You have to find out what’s wrong. Take it to a good front end shop for an alignment and diagnoses. Research the recalls, as well.  Bad part might be covered by GM. 

[HeySkippyDog]

What condition are your tires in?

Worn tires will always-always-always feel sloppy.

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[jay webb]

the steering gear/rack is electronic . it really dont get slop in it persay. you can have a bad shaft that goes from the column coming through the fire wall to the gear it self. the column has a bolt at the bottom of the it inside the truck at the fire wall, one that connects the shaft to the other shaft and one that connects the lower shaft to the gear. 

 

typically in these type of steering gears if you have an issue its hard to turn/steer 

 

slop can be caused by tires, steering shaft, inner/outer tie rods , control arms, alignment. 

[Austin Holt]

On 8/6/2019 at 12:09 AM, reihart said:

I have a 2014 1500 Denali that has terrible slop in the steering. I have to constantly steer back and forth to keep her between the lines.  Does anybody else have problems like this? Any ideas of where to look or what it is?  Thanks 

Did you resolve this issue? I have some play in my steering wheel (2014 Silverado 1500 LTZ).