Intermittent Grinding Feel From Steering Wheel

[slemmer]

Good luck on this one: on my 60,000Kms '05 CCSB I had the intermediate steering shaft replaced (a few times). With this most recent episode, when I turn the steering wheel either left or right, (no hard or fast turning), the odd time I get a grinding/rubbing/friction vibration/sensation through the steering wheel. This doesn't happen all the time, but it occurs at any temperature.

 

I brought it into the dealership and the tech was able to repeat what I described on several occasions. They gave me the truck back today without the column cover to see if that is the cause of the problem. The trim tech is stumped. Out of the blue they're going to order me a lower steering bearing to see if that may be the issue. Has anyone had this issue occur to them?

 

Thanks

Stephen

[ildefbot]

Good luck on this one: on my 60,000Kms '05 CCSB I had the intermediate steering shaft replaced (a few times). With this most recent episode, when I turn the steering wheel either left or right, (no hard or fast turning), the odd time I get a grinding/rubbing/friction vibration/sensation through the steering wheel. This doesn't happen all the time, but it occurs at any temperature.

 

I brought it into the dealership and the tech was able to repeat what I described on several occasions. They gave me the truck back today without the column cover to see if that is the cause of the problem. The trim tech is stumped. Out of the blue they're going to order me a lower steering bearing to see if that may be the issue. Has anyone had this issue occur to them?

 

Thanks

Stephen

 

If they figure that out i'd love to hear what it is!! My 04 100, 000km has done that since 60 000. It started at random, the dealer i took it to was stumped aswell. Now it always does it and much louder... I've driven others, my trucks steering is much stiffer in comparison. You'd almost think the pump/reservoir was empty, but its fine! I was just about to change the shaft, maybe i'll hold off!

[slemmer]

Good luck on this one: on my 60,000Kms '05 CCSB I had the intermediate steering shaft replaced (a few times). With this most recent episode, when I turn the steering wheel either left or right, (no hard or fast turning), the odd time I get a grinding/rubbing/friction vibration/sensation through the steering wheel. This doesn't happen all the time, but it occurs at any temperature.

 

I brought it into the dealership and the tech was able to repeat what I described on several occasions. They gave me the truck back today without the column cover to see if that is the cause of the problem. The trim tech is stumped. Out of the blue they're going to order me a lower steering bearing to see if that may be the issue. Has anyone had this issue occur to them?

 

Thanks

Stephen

 

If they figure that out i'd love to hear what it is!! My 04 100, 000km has done that since 60 000. It started at random, the dealer i took it to was stumped aswell. Now it always does it and much louder... I've driven others, my trucks steering is much stiffer in comparison. You'd almost think the pump/reservoir was empty, but its fine! I was just about to change the shaft, maybe i'll hold off!

 

 

Well, after the bearing was changed out the problem has disappeared. I'm not the 2nd of two reported cases on file at the GM tech center! Good luck with your fix.

[minibike132]

I have replaced a few for that noise.

[mackskibum]

I am assuming by lower steering bearing you mean at the steering box?

[bigwhitesierra]

Maybe im feeling the same thing you are....maybe Im not...hard to explain

 

Seems that when I make a slow speed right turn (making slow right turn at red light, in parking lots, etc) on accleration and turning right at the same time I get what seems to be a grinding feeling from either the steering wheel or the front end somewhere. driving me nuts!

 

 

I am assuming by lower steering bearing you mean at the steering box?

[minibike132]

I am assuming by lower steering bearing you mean at the steering box?

 

No, the bearing at the bottom of the collum.

[bbwb]

I too have had this bearing replaced....in my case, the intermediate shaft was replaced and I then got a creaking/snapping/rattle noise from the underdash space. I spent some time and found that it was the green plastic bearing at the bottom of the shaft making the noise where it was in contact with the steel outer column (the steering shaft would flex/move just enough to make the plastic bearing creak). The shop was finally able to reproduce the noise and replaced that bearing...noise gone.

 

bbwb

[Tone]

I had that same goose groan rubbing sound and feeling that seemed to come from right behind the steering wheel in my 05 Z71 Crew 5.3L with 165,000km.

 

Here's what didn't help - greasing the ISS/replacing the column bearing with a green one/taking apart the steering wheel and shooting white grease into the top bearing area/replacing half of the power steering fluid... although the last one cured most of the power steering pump squealing it had.

 

I even ordered a new ISS yesterday as the next step; however, today at noon I had the local Minute Lube guys lube up everything in the front end - immediately afterwards I noticed that the dreaded goose groan moan rubbing was gone. I tried to get it back but can't, I let it sit for hours and tried again when it was cool - still can't get it to do it one little bit! You might want to get out your grease guns before doing anything else... also, after reading so many posts about dealers replacing different things to get rid of the problem (like changing out steering boxes and pumps etc. I wonder if they didn't (at the same time) lube the front end real good and that's what actually corrected the problem. Just a thought.