| Steering Column Bearing [message #262868] |
Fri, 26 September 2014 21:08  |
Dan
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Location: Allentown, NJ
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Good news the GMC passed NJ inspection today. While I was making the 20 mile trip over to the inspection station today I found the rattling in the steering column to be very annoying. When I got home a grabbed the intermediate shaft and shook it and the column just rattled in the tube above the intermediate shaft. Here is the picture of the location.  From looking at the parts book it seems there should be a bearing there. Really does not seem there is anything there.
Anyway does anyone know a part number for that bearing? More of an annoyance as the GMC actually steers and handles quite well, but I know it can't be good to have that rattle.
Dan
Dan DeLuca
1978 Eleganza II (http://imgur.com/gallery/YFHhK)
Parked at Evil Monkey Farm in
Allentown, New Jersey
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| Re: [GMCnet] Steering Column Bearing [message #262897 is a reply to message #262896] |
Sat, 27 September 2014 12:15  |
Daniel DeLuca
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Thank you that's exactly what I am looking for!
The inspections in NJ have gotten a lot better in the last 10 years or so. They last three years and are not so obsessed with "safety". When I graduated college and got my first real job I splurged on a gently used Porsche Boxster S. After a hour wait in line I was failed for cracked rubber on my windshield wiper blade. I don't miss those days.
Dan
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> On Sep 27, 2014, at 12:42 PM, Bob Heller wrote:
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> A few years ago I had the same issue with the steering column lower bearing in my GMC, the rollers had turned to powder and the lower shaft was just
> rattling around.
> I used a GM part 7805700 purchased from a Chevy dealer.
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> After growing up in Morris County NJ I left there in 1983 and really miss the annual 'safety' inspections! :lol: I have 'fond' memories of, as a kid
> in the late 60's and early 70's, my Dad and I waiting in line for several hours at the Morristown inspection station and failing for things like
> headlights aimed a bit low or, in the later years, the exhaust emissions were slightly above what they should be (after idling a carbureted engine for
> 2 hours). One of many things I love about Florida is the lack of annual 'safety' inspections and, no, the cars here are not in any worse shape overall
> than they were in NJ.
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> Good luck with the GMC!
> --
> Bob Heller
> 1974 X-Canyonlands 26ft
> Original 455, 134k miles
> Winter Springs FL
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| Re: Steering Column Bearing [message #262918 is a reply to message #262868] |
Sat, 27 September 2014 23:43 |
bobby5832708
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Matt,
You wouldn't believe some of the junkers my friends and I owned back in the mid 70's when we were broke teenagers, those $50-or-less cars were the best, 3-6 months of driving the crap out of them and then get $35 at the scrapyard. Several cars passed NJ brake inspection with metal/metal brakes, as long as they pulled somewhat evenly and didn't make any really obnoxious noises they passed. So much for the 'safety' part of the inspection. But then they would fail you for things like wiper blades that were slightly worn or headlights barely out of spec (whatever the spec happened to be that day). Across from the Morristown station was a shop that made a killing adjusting headlights all day long, I know this because I was there with my Dad while they adjusted the headlights on the 1965 Dodge (this was in about 1967). Then it was another hour wait in line to get reinspected.
One car I had brings back inspection station memories. When I was a high school kid in the mid 70's I bought a 1967 Chrysler that had seen better days. There were probably no valve seals left in the 383 as it would smoke a bit when I stepped on the gas after idling for a while. After the usual hour delay waiting in line at the inspection station on route 10 in (I think) East Hanover I get to where they test for emissions. The agent thought he saw a bit of visible smoke from the tailpipe and told me to rev the engine, I gave it about a 1000 rpm rev. He yelled to rev it again, I gave it about 1200 rpm's. Then he yelled at me to REV it up, dammit. He was getting pissed. So was I. So I put the pedal to the mat and sat there with the 383 bellowing at max revs for about 20 seconds while the Chrysler filled the back half of inspection station with smoke. I thought it was funny watching the agent yelling at me to stop revving the car while I kept yelling back that I couldn't hear him (what? what? I can't hear you. It's too noisy in here). Don't ask me how, but I passed! Maybe they just didn't want to see me again any time soon. No big deal, that Chrysler went to the junkyard a few months later never needing another NJ inspection. I hope that inspection agent got a whopping headache from oxygen deprivation due to the Chryslers fumes. The old 383 could make a lot of pollution when run wide open with the valves floating.
Bob Heller
2017 Winnebago 29VE
Winter Springs FL
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I have 'fond' memories of, as a kid in the late 60's and early 70's, my Dad and I waiting in line for several hours at the Morristown inspection station and failing for things like headlights aimed a bit low or, in the later years, the exhaust emissions were slightly above what they should be (after idling a carbureted engine for 2 hours). One of many things I love about Florida is the lack of annual 'safety' inspections and, no, the cars here are not in any worse shape overall than they were in NJ.