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#19 of 23 Re: Steering a little loose on 2000 S-10 [jdh81478] by gonogo Mar 14, 2008 (8:08 am)
Replying to: jdh81478 (Mar 12, 2008 12:10 pm) If it is 2 wheel drive have the front wheel bearings checked, they should be cleaned and grease every 30K miles. Proper wheel bearing adjustment will cure loose steering.
#20 of 23 Re: Steering Colum Problems [mnichy] by badreligion1 Mar 29, 2008 (7:59 pm)
Replying to: mnichy (Nov 28, 2006 5:09 pm) you have loose tilt bolts. this problem is not a very hard fix, i recently tightened my bolts myself. you will need of course a steering wheel removal tool, a lock plate remover and installer (all one tool), and a steering pivot pin remover. you can usually rent the steering wheel and lock plate tools in a kit at your local parts store. the pivot pin remover you will have to buy its about seven dollars. start tearing it down carefully placing your parts where you will be able to remember where they go later. the turn signal switch you should be able to pull out just enough to let it hang out of the way after you take out the screw that ataches to the turn signal lever and the hazzard screw. then unscrew the srew that holds the lock cylinder and pull out the little electrical plug thats right on the lock cylinder, then pull out the lock cylinder, the unscrew the three bolts that hold the neck shroud on. well you have to unsrew the tilt handle at some point (any). now comes the harder part.   THE pivot pin tool. use your tool to take out the two pivot pins. they come out easy with the tool. at this point, re-attach the pivot lever and pull it to where the shaft goes down, this will allow the main chunk of the upper steering column to come off so you can access the four pivot bolts. the rack gear will come out to and is alittle tricky to get back once your ready to install, but is very possible just take alittle manuevering. anyways you also need an internal torx socket to tighten these bolts which you can also pick up, but its like ten bucks. i would definitly use lock tight on the bolts so you don't have to do this again. i had manual steering on my truck so those bolts got a good workout everyday. anyways once you got them tight just repeat your steps in reverse. its not that bad just take your time and make sure you get your steering bearings properly back in place. once you get it all back. i had to heat up the front bearing race so it would go back onto the shaft so the bearings were tight. i probably didnt explain all this perfectly, but if you have any more question just ask.
#21 of 23 Re: Steering Colum Problems [mnichy] by badreligion1 Mar 29, 2008 (7:59 pm)
Replying to: mnichy (Nov 28, 2006 5:09 pm) you have loose tilt bolts. this problem is not a very hard fix, i recently tightened my bolts myself. you will need of course a steering wheel removal tool, a lock plate remover and installer (all one tool), and a steering pivot pin remover. you can usually rent the steering wheel and lock plate tools in a kit at your local parts store. the pivot pin remover you will have to buy its about seven dollars. start tearing it down carefully placing your parts where you will be able to remember where they go later. the turn signal switch you should be able to pull out just enough to let it hang out of the way after you take out the screw that ataches to the turn signal lever and the hazzard screw. then unscrew the srew that holds the lock cylinder and pull out the little electrical plug thats right on the lock cylinder, then pull out the lock cylinder, the unscrew the three bolts that hold the neck shroud on. well you have to unsrew the tilt handle at some point (any). now comes the harder part.   THE pivot pin tool. use your tool to take out the two pivot pins. they come out easy with the tool. at this point, re-attach the pivot lever and pull it to where the shaft goes down, this will allow the main chunk of the upper steering column to come off so you can access the four pivot bolts. the rack gear will come out to and is alittle tricky to get back once your ready to install, but is very possible just take alittle manuevering. anyways you also need an internal torx socket to tighten these bolts which you can also pick up, but its like ten bucks. i would definitly use lock tight on the bolts so you don't have to do this again. i had manual steering on my truck so those bolts got a good workout everyday. anyways once you got them tight just repeat your steps in reverse. its not that bad just take your time and make sure you get your steering bearings properly back in place. once you get it all back. i had to heat up the front bearing race so it would go back onto the shaft so the bearings were tight. i probably didnt explain all this perfectly, but if you have any more question just ask.
#22 of 23 Steering Wheel Angle Off-Center by jae5 Jun 05, 2008 (11:16 am)
Am having a problem with getting the steering wheel center on my 99 S-10 2WD. The truck has undergone another major engine surgery from the latest issues (major coolant leaks from water pump and heads). Won't go into it in-depth as it's pretty lengthy and the problem has been corrected under the engine warranty. Anyway, when I got the rig back the steering wheel was way off, due to the steering shaft being disconnected in order to remove the drive-side head / exhaust manifold. I took it back and they corrected the problem but not perfectly. The wheel is still of a little so that if I straighten it as it should be the truck will start to drift slightly left (wheel is a couple degrees to the right, maybe a spline or two off).   Having been through the back-forth thing too many times with the repair facility I was wondering if I can remove / adjust the steering shaft to get the wheel back to perfect on-center as it was before. I looked in my service manual and it seems the intermediate shaft can be removed, removing the pinch bolt but there aren't any definite instructions / illustrations on how to do it. If I'm not mistaken, there should be a flat on the intermediate shaft that this pinch bolt, when installed, rest against in order for the shaft to be "locked" into position correct? Where is is pinch-bolt? I'm not really thrilled about the alternative of removing the steering wheel / air-bag assembly to set the wheel straight. Does anyone here have any suggestions on how to accomplish this? It's more of an annoyance than anything.   any help would be most appreciated. Replies to this message: jae5 (Jun 11, 2008 7:40 am)
#23 of 23 Re: Steering Wheel Angle Off-Center - Update [jae5] by jae5 Jun 11, 2008 (7:40 am)
Replying to: jae5 (Jun 05, 2008 11:16 am) Problem solved. Needed to make an adjustment non-related to the steering shaft (tired that as well and didn't not solve the problem).

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