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Sun, 26 December 2010 20:14

C Boyd

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Mr.RadioActive wrote on Sun, 26 December 2010 20:47

I'm going to try to correct the tire pressure cause now that you all are saying this is does make sense.
Its hard to describe but now that I'm thinking about it it does fell like bouncy bounce tires and steering to correct it makes it "hula hula"! Spectrac said they did the cost effective fixes (I did tell them I was on a budget) but implied more could be done.
I hope to see Steve F in Casa Grande in January. If the bouncy bounce stuff doesn't get better with tire pressure I may ask him if he could drive it or look at it and give me advise. I've never driven another GMC before so I don't know what a correct one feels like. But I'm 99% sure my GMC is not driving correctly. Its much better then in the past but still "getting there"

Sir: did you get a read out on the 6 wheel alignment? If so what was the caster, camber and toe you ended up with??

Since you have play in the steering wheel you need a helper to rock the steering wheel back and forth in the dead spot and LOOK under the drivers hood at the steering shaft from the column to the box. Then Look to see if the box has any lost motion. Then crawl under it with a good light and LOOK at the relay lever movement. It should go sideways only, no up and down movement or lost motion in either end. (it goes from the steering box rod to a boomerang shaped lever that has a center pivot bolt [250-300lb torque] across the cross member and hooks to the tie rod (behind the cross member) which is fastened on each end to the knuckles to steer. Also on the pass side of the tie rod is an idler arm. So if the relay lever should move up and down try tightening the pivot bolt. Look at each and every joint and look for play while your helper is rocking the wheel with the engine off. Helper should rock right to left as hard as possible without turning the wheels after you get past the steering box. The idler arm should have no up and down movement either.
Any lost motion anywhere should be corrected. Good Luck. It is simple to do, just hard to explain.

C. Boyd
76 Crestmont
East Tennessee

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