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Play in left steering relay arm [message #195329]

Thu, 10 January 2013 00:44

habbyguy

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I just completed a 5,000 mile "Great American Road Trip", driving from AZ through IL, TN, NC, TN, TX and home again (the states were destinations - obviously I touched some in between). Laughing

The coach was great, other than a busted ignition switch in Illinois ($17 for the in-stock replacement at NAPA), and a bad piece of fuel line to my generator (free, since it was in the last few inches). But there was a light front end vibration, and more play in the steering than I'd like, though a whole lot better than before I tightened up the steering box.

So today I rotated the tires, and while the fronts were off, I decided to look for anything loose. What I found is that my steering relay arm seems to have quite a bit of play in it. I put together the following video that clearly shows the problem (ignore the caption referring to the RIGHT arm, it was the left one).

http://youtu.be/_jRxMjykiw4

My questions:
1) Do you think this is enough to cause the vibration and/or slop in the steering?
2) Is it possible to home-rebuild the relay arm, or is this only a shop deal (I do have a 12-ton press and a surplus of free time).
3) What's actually inside the center pivot now (assuming it's original)? Is it a brass or rubber bushing?

Any input would be most appreciated...

Mark Hickey Mesa, AZ 1978 Royale Center Kitchen

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		Play in left steering relay arm By: habbyguy on Thu, 10 January 2013 00:44
		Re: Play in left steering relay arm By: peter bailey on Thu, 10 January 2013 04:25
		Re: [GMCnet] Play in left steering relay arm By: Steven Ferguson on Thu, 10 January 2013 06:58
		Re: Play in left steering relay arm By: JohnL455 on Thu, 10 January 2013 07:15
		Re: [GMCnet] Play in left steering relay arm By: USAussie on Thu, 10 January 2013 08:25
		Re: [GMCnet] Play in left steering relay arm By: habbyguy on Thu, 10 January 2013 08:41
		Re: Play in left steering relay arm By: Rick Williams on Thu, 10 January 2013 08:45
		Re: Play in left steering relay arm By: habbyguy on Thu, 10 January 2013 09:07
		Re: Play in left steering relay arm By: Rick Williams on Thu, 10 January 2013 10:09
		Re: Play in left steering relay arm By: gbarrow2 on Thu, 10 January 2013 10:15
		Re: Play in left steering relay arm By: habbyguy on Thu, 10 January 2013 12:16
		Re: [GMCnet] Play in left steering relay arm By: Mr ERFisher on Thu, 10 January 2013 13:21
		Re: [GMCnet] Play in left steering relay arm By: habbyguy on Thu, 10 January 2013 14:25
		Re: [GMCnet] Play in left steering relay arm By: USAussie on Thu, 10 January 2013 18:20
		Re: [GMCnet] Play in left steering relay arm By: habbyguy on Thu, 10 January 2013 22:54
		Re: [GMCnet] Play in left steering relay arm By: USAussie on Fri, 11 January 2013 07:05
		Re: [GMCnet] Play in left steering relay arm By: C Boyd on Fri, 11 January 2013 09:00
		Re: [GMCnet] Play in left steering relay arm By: USAussie on Fri, 11 January 2013 16:45
		Re: [GMCnet] Play in left steering relay arm By: midlf on Mon, 14 January 2013 16:47
		Re: [GMCnet] Play in left steering relay arm By: habbyguy on Mon, 14 January 2013 17:08
		Re: [GMCnet] Play in left steering relay arm By: USAussie on Mon, 14 January 2013 18:04
		Re: [GMCnet] Play in left steering relay arm By: USAussie on Mon, 14 January 2013 18:00
		Re: [GMCnet] Play in left steering relay arm By: GMC_LES on Mon, 14 January 2013 20:47
		Re: [GMCnet] Play in left steering relay arm By: emerystora on Fri, 11 January 2013 08:40
		Re: [GMCnet] Play in left steering relay arm By: USAussie on Fri, 11 January 2013 16:55
		Re: [GMCnet] Play in left steering relay arm By: The Solar Store on Thu, 30 May 2013 09:13
		Re: [GMCnet] Play in left steering relay arm By: jimk on Fri, 31 May 2013 00:36
		Re: Play in left steering relay arm By: biggreen on Thu, 10 January 2013 15:32
		Re: Play in left steering relay arm By: habbyguy on Tue, 15 January 2013 10:44
		Re: [GMCnet] Play in left steering relay arm By: James Hupy on Tue, 15 January 2013 10:55
		Re: [GMCnet] Play in left steering relay arm By: USAussie on Tue, 15 January 2013 16:15
		Re: [GMCnet] Play in left steering relay arm By: Carl S. on Wed, 16 January 2013 08:48
		Re: [GMCnet] Play in left steering relay arm By: Steven Ferguson on Wed, 16 January 2013 05:56
		Re: Play in left steering relay arm By: JohnL455 on Thu, 10 January 2013 17:28
		Re: Play in left steering relay arm By: JohnL455 on Mon, 14 January 2013 18:51
		Re: Play in left steering relay arm By: JohnL455 on Fri, 31 May 2013 09:53

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