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Old Oct 18, 2007 | 08:52 PM
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When I turn my steering wheel slowly, as pulling in the garage, I hear a pronounced creaky noice coming from the steering column. I own a 99 vert. Any ideas on how to find and lubricate the squeak?
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Old Oct 19, 2007 | 08:49 PM
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I found that annoying tool. While I was spraying most of the rubber areas around the windows and top with silicone, I did around the steering wheel space by the column. This seems to work well.
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Old Oct 20, 2007 | 10:28 AM
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Originally Posted by csdunaway
When I turn my steering wheel slowly, as pulling in the garage, I hear a pronounced creaky noice coming from the steering column. I own a 99 vert. Any ideas on how to find and lubricate the squeak?
https://www.corvetteforum.com/techti...D=35&TopicID=1
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wow, is this forum the greatest!!
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Old Oct 20, 2007 | 10:59 AM
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Nice tech tip!
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This is not clear to me at all! It does not explain what to remove to lubricate.
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Old May 29, 2008 | 04:55 PM
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Sorry to dredge up an old thread, but does anybody have a better picture of what is being sprayed with Lithium grease in this tech tip?

A bit hard to see on the grainy black and white picture. Is it in the floorboard, or in the engine compartment?
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Bumping old thread again.... My steering column has been creaking like others in this thread. Not sure where exactly i should be applying the lithium grease.
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