[Shotimes] Re: Shimmy(Slop/play)

[John Hamilton]

Check the universal steering knuckle just inside the firewall, it's
covered with a boot. Mine steering was also loose, followed the
directions and this was the problem.

As quoted from our site;

"Thanks go to Doug Lewis. 

Mike Piehl wrote that his '92 SHO had about 1 1/2 inches of play in the
wheel, even after replacing the tie rod ends. I think I have a solution.


In '91, the design of the steering shaft was changed from a solid shaft,
to a slip type shaft. This shaft connects the steering wheel to the rack
pinion. Where the shaft connects to the rack, it has a coupling with a
pinch bolt. For about three years of production, this bolt wasn't being
tightened enough. 

If you own a '91-'93 SHO, with looseness in the wheel, this pinch bolt
is probably the cause. 

To fix the problem, remove the three nuts holding the lower steering
boot to the firewall. Slide the boot up and out of the way. Turn the
wheel so that you can get at the pinch bolt. Tighten the bolt and at the
same time move the wheel back and forth. You will be able to see the
coupling moving on the shaft. Tighten the 10mm bolt only till the
looseness goes away. I use an impact and am very careful not to over
tighten the bolt. If the bolt breaks, you're gonna be in a world of
hurt. I'm not sure of the torque setting, but anything that is published
is going to be wrong."

As for wheel balance problems, I would recommend that you find a shop
with "Hunter RoadForce Balancing" equipment. Expensive, but definitely
eliminates the balancing variable.

John Hamilton
Ida,ON,CA 

'97 ES
'91 Mocha/Mocha
'89 S10 Blazer 2WD 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Johnsho92
Sent: July 3, 2003 1:29 AM
To: Alan Fanning; SHOtimes
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Re: Shimmy(Slop/play)


Actually, it the tie-rods seems fine, it's in the
sterring mechanism somewhere.   Hard to describe, I
beleive it's within the gearing of the Rack&pinion,
but there should be no play, once the steering wheel
is locked, how tight should the lock be?   As far as
tie-rods, I have ruled that out for now.  As for
theplay I have felt, it's not the mounting or
bushings, it's within the gears somewhere.  Is that
normal?  

Thanks. :)

-John


--- Alan Fanning <Awfanning@earthlink.net> wrote:
> What about that "1/16'th inch" play in the steering?
> Where was that
> measured? If that was slop in the wheel due to bad
> tie rods/ball joints,
> that might be a likely cause of problems.
> 
>     Alan
> 
> > 
> > Oh come on guys!  If his steering wheel and dash
> are shaking that much
> > at 60 MPH, he's well past needing  the fine tuning
> that an
> > on-the-car-balance will give him.  Don't side
> track the poor guy by
> > having him start searching for a place that will
> do this.
> > 
> > Dave
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