Squeaking steering column is driving me crazy!!
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Pro
Joined: Mar 2002
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From: Bluffton SC
Squeaking steering column is driving me crazy!!
My steering column started squeaking several months ago and it's now at the pint that it's irritating the h*** out of me. It squeaks when the steering wheel is turned both right and left. I've removed the kick panel and tried to get lithium grease around the white bushing that surrounds the steering column about half way down it's length. That had no effect at all.
There's a tech tip about this but I couldn't find anything around the steering column that looked like that picture.
Any help on this will be greatly appreciated as it's making me
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There's a tech tip about this but I couldn't find anything around the steering column that looked like that picture.
Any help on this will be greatly appreciated as it's making me
.
Drifting
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 1,328
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From: Las Vegas Nevada
You need to use the long red tube on a can of the lithium greas and inserted it through the grommet the steering shaft goes through.
Poke it through and give it a good spray in as many spots around the shaft as you can.
Worked for me and it's been quiet for over a year now.
Poke it through and give it a good spray in as many spots around the shaft as you can.
Worked for me and it's been quiet for over a year now.
Race Director
Joined: May 2000
Posts: 14,542
Likes: 5
Originally Posted by ZeeOSix
Any links or a way to find the TSB easily?
https://www.corvetteforum.com/techti...D=35&TopicID=1
and
here: www.alldata.com
Le Mans Master
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 5,955
Likes: 161
From: PNW
Originally Posted by EHS
Start here -- I feel like a librarian:
https://www.corvetteforum.com/techti...D=35&TopicID=1
and
here: www.alldata.com
https://www.corvetteforum.com/techti...D=35&TopicID=1
and
here: www.alldata.com
Burning Brakes
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 786
Likes: 181
From: Woodbridge Ca
My noise is by the rear of my steering wheel as well.It almost seem to me that the back of the steering wheel is rubbing somewhere on the telescoping extender panel. Where exactly did you spray the SH** out of it with WD 40. I'm about ready to rip the steering wheel off with my bare hands. Thanks for your advise...BADDOG
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Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 47
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From: Enon Ohio
I have a 97 that squeeks up by the steering wheel but since it has got cold in ohio it has quit. but i know when the weather warms again it will start again so if anybody knows where to spray this i am all ears. 
Last edited by whiplash 1; Oct 26, 2006 at 08:34 PM.