Great Video. I did this years ago to my Roadmaster wagon. Going to do it to the Impala SS as well. I re-posted on our wagon forum. Great reference. Thanks!!
+Tim Swink Hey Tim. 11 months later and I finally see this message. Thanks for reposting the video!! Hopefully it helped some of your forum members out! Thanks for watching!
I have a 92 camaro and it has some slop in the steering. I have a new steering box and shaft. Hopefully this bearing will work. AND hopefully I can change it out without taking the steering column out.
Its amazing how a 1/8 inch of play in that steering shaft is a mile when its going down the road ????? Im going through something like this now on a old 2000 chevy bucket truck , its getting a mid shaft support bracket with a cheesy jack shaft bearing cause i cant buy a good/ proper 1 inch steering support bearing anywhere , there all smaller or bigger
Great video! I have a question, to remove the intermediate shaft between the bearing and the steering rack. Do I need to remove the sterring rack to get it out? Thanks!
Send me year make and model , maybe vin # , thats just a phone call for us in the united States, some of us have that info on our computers , i used to , till the company i used to work for changed there pass words , i can call and get them , but now i just call and make them look it up ..lol
+This0is0pointless Im almost positive you can do both the bearing upgrade and the shaft upgrade on an S10. Pretty sure there are several GM vehicles that used the same intermediate shaft and steering column through out the years.
In your video, the old bushing comes off with no trouble and the new bearing slides on no problem, I'm trying to do the same thing with my car but the old bushing took forever to get off. I even had to file down part of the Column to force it off. Now I can't get the bearing on. Any advice?
Im surprised the plastic bushing wouldnt come off easy. Mine was basically loose once it was moving out of the column housing. Is your column shaft rusted or pitted? It should be nice and smooth. If its not, get some fine sandpaper and get it nice and smooth before trying to get the new bearing on. Any pitting will tear up the o-ring in the new bearing also. Has your car had any modifications? Original steering column and all that?
it was all original as far as i know. after some measuring, I have found that the end of the column is slightly larger than the rest of the shaft. (Weirdness) So I think I'll try sanding it down tomorrow. I can tell you that getting the old intermediate shaft off was super hard. Seemed like it was welded together almost. had to bang it off with a mallet.
Hmmm...That suggests the end is mushroomed out a bit. Cant imagine why anyone would have to hammer on it. Still...stuff happens. Sounds like you nailed it. Go after it with a file, then smooth it out with some sandpaper. My intermediate shaft usually requires some persuasion. But not much at that end. Usually just a wiggle will let it slide off. Make sure you put a little grease or anti-seize when you put it back together.
+maldo72 Hey maldo... Sorry....a year later. RUclips doesnt really tell me when I have comments all the time. Car has been back on the road, and yes the steering feels a good bit better. Not sure which made more of a difference on the street. Probably the shaft. But, if you really lean on your car, I bet you would see even more benefit from doing the bearing upgrade as well. Everything is very smooth and more direct feeling now.
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Great Video. I did this years ago to my Roadmaster wagon. Going to do it to the Impala SS as well. I re-posted on our wagon forum. Great reference. Thanks!!
+Tim Swink Hey Tim. 11 months later and I finally see this message. Thanks for reposting the video!! Hopefully it helped some of your forum members out! Thanks for watching!
I have a 92 camaro and it has some slop in the steering. I have a new steering box and shaft. Hopefully this bearing will work. AND hopefully I can change it out without taking the steering column out.
Gonna try this on my Malibu and Buick, both G Bodies.
Its a nice upgrade!
Its amazing how a 1/8 inch of play in that steering shaft is a mile when its going down the road ????? Im going through something like this now on a old 2000 chevy bucket truck , its getting a mid shaft support bracket with a cheesy jack shaft bearing cause i cant buy a good/ proper 1 inch steering support bearing anywhere , there all smaller or bigger
Great video! I have a question, to remove the intermediate shaft between the bearing and the steering rack. Do I need to remove the sterring rack to get it out? Thanks!
I just figured it out, thanks!
Glad you got it! Sorry for the delay!
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Hi. Do you have the GM part numbers for a new bushing.... I'm in Australia so no option to go to wreckers for parts...
Hi Sorry...I do not!
Send me year make and model , maybe vin # , thats just a phone call for us in the united States, some of us have that info on our computers , i used to , till the company i used to work for changed there pass words , i can call and get them , but now i just call and make them look it up ..lol
can you do this on an s10?
+This0is0pointless Im almost positive you can do both the bearing upgrade and the shaft upgrade on an S10. Pretty sure there are several GM vehicles that used the same intermediate shaft and steering column through out the years.
In your video, the old bushing comes off with no trouble and the new bearing slides on no problem, I'm trying to do the same thing with my car but the old bushing took forever to get off. I even had to file down part of the Column to force it off. Now I can't get the bearing on. Any advice?
Im surprised the plastic bushing wouldnt come off easy. Mine was basically loose once it was moving out of the column housing. Is your column shaft rusted or pitted? It should be nice and smooth. If its not, get some fine sandpaper and get it nice and smooth before trying to get the new bearing on. Any pitting will tear up the o-ring in the new bearing also.
Has your car had any modifications? Original steering column and all that?
it was all original as far as i know. after some measuring, I have found that the end of the column is slightly larger than the rest of the shaft. (Weirdness) So I think I'll try sanding it down tomorrow. I can tell you that getting the old intermediate shaft off was super hard. Seemed like it was welded together almost. had to bang it off with a mallet.
Hmmm...That suggests the end is mushroomed out a bit. Cant imagine why anyone would have to hammer on it. Still...stuff happens. Sounds like you nailed it. Go after it with a file, then smooth it out with some sandpaper. My intermediate shaft usually requires some persuasion. But not much at that end. Usually just a wiggle will let it slide off. Make sure you put a little grease or anti-seize when you put it back together.
Yeah. I'll be taking some 40 grit to it later today. I'll let you know how it goes.
IF you use 40 grit on it, just make sure you run some 150 or 300 on it to smooth it out. So it doesnt cause any cuts or gouges in the o-ring or seal.
Did you get ur car back on the road if so did you feel a diffence ... I would like to do this mod on my 95 ta thx
+maldo72 Hey maldo... Sorry....a year later. RUclips doesnt really tell me when I have comments all the time. Car has been back on the road, and yes the steering feels a good bit better. Not sure which made more of a difference on the street. Probably the shaft. But, if you really lean on your car, I bet you would see even more benefit from doing the bearing upgrade as well. Everything is very smooth and more direct feeling now.
+JEG's Garage thank you for your update