I’m sorry for needing so much info but did you do this from under the truck? I feel like I’m not envisioning it. In my head if I latch the vise grips onto the shaft, and give em a whack the grips will just flap over and not transfer the energy to release the shaft. Am
I missing how it’s done?
Push the shaft that’s going through the steering bearing? It looks like it takes just a finger putting pressure on the ISS u joint pops it out of the upper shaft. Every video says the same. I’m telling you I used every inch of my strength and I didn’t move it at all, the bolt fit right back through.
That’s the problem, I can’t get it to collapse at all. If I could I would have popped the replacement one in yesterday, instead of screaming obscenities as I couldn’t move the thing a millimeter. Ughh might have to actually take this whole thing apart to get it out.
Hello all,
So I’ve had the dreaded steering clunk in my 2005 Tahoe. I had a mechanic come check it out. Quoted me 550$ to replace the “upper steering”. After looking on the internet I see that this problem is somewhat common and is traced back to a problem with the intermediate steering shaft...
so I recently bought a used 2005 Tahoe, and I love the damn thing. The little badging on the side says autoride and sure enough theres a compressor on the rear driver side. The truck sits at the right height but when I went to pull a mid sized pressure cleaning trailer, my back end squatted to...
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