Steering shaft problem

[Christopher Daniels]

i have an 08 chevy silverado 2500hd with the 6.6l duramax. The issue I am having is that the bolt that connects the intermediate shaft to the column shaft keeps rubbing against the bracket for the column. To resolve the issue temporarily I can reach under and collapse or push the intermediate shaft back down thus backing the bolt down and it stops temporarily. I have replaced the intermediate shaft and it has changed nothing. I have attached a photo to show what I am dealing with. The yellow arrow is the bolt that keeps rubbing on the bracket that the red arrow is pointing at. The purple arrow is the direction the shaft keeps sliding up towards the steering wheel. When it slides up it causes the steering to lock. Any help?

[davester]

Maybe put in a plastic or metal bushing, so that it can't ride up the shaft?

[Niners 365]

  Is this the original steering shaft and setup for truck? My question is what changed to make it lock? 

[Christopher Daniels]

1 minute ago, Niners 365 said:

  Is this the original steering shaft and setup for truck? My question is what changed to make it lock? 

It is a replacement. It was replaced because the stock one was doing it as well. So it does it with or without the stock one.

[Christopher Daniels]

On 5/17/2020 at 8:01 PM, davester said:

Maybe put in a plastic or metal bushing, so that it can't ride up the shaft?

 

How would I go about doing that?

[davester]

get a metal or plastic tube that's about the right size (the tube's i.d. is about or a bit smaller than the o.d. of that shaft), cut the tube in half lengthwise, put the tube on the shaft and one or two hose clamps over the pieces to hold them in place?

[Niners 365]

Then it sounds like to me your bushing at end of shaft where is meets the steering knuckle has worn out. it is causing your steering shaft to slide down just far enough to lock it. Question I have, is have you looked at the knuckle? also the plate it locks into, have you tried to slide it down opposite way? You can do the tube bit the other guy is talking about, but if your knuckle is infact damaged, then you need to address it before your steering goes out. 

[Christopher Daniels]

On 5/19/2020 at 8:17 AM, Niners 365 said:

Then it sounds like to me your bushing at end of shaft where is meets the steering knuckle has worn out. it is causing your steering shaft to slide down just far enough to lock it. Question I have, is have you looked at the knuckle? also the plate it locks into, have you tried to slide it down opposite way? You can do the tube bit the other guy is talking about, but if your knuckle is infact damaged, then you need to address it before your steering goes out. 

What do you mean by knuckle?

[Niners 365]

Steering knuckle is the same as steering box, just an old way we call it. It is the box junction where all steering goes into the connection point that turns your vehicle left or right.

[Christopher Daniels]

18 minutes ago, Niners 365 said:

Steering knuckle is the same as steering box, just an old way we call it. It is the box junction where all steering goes into the connection point that turns your vehicle left or right.

The steering gear is fine it is it is sliding between the upper intermediate and steering column going from the lower intermediate shaft to this steering gear it will not move

[Matt Kuretich]

Hey Christopher,

I am having the same issue with my truck. Have you gotten a solution on how to fix it?

 

Thanks,

Matt 

[Oilpatch]

Ever find the issue with this ?