I know a bunch of silverado owners have had problems with a clunking of their steering shafts. I had mine serviced almost 18 months ago and the dealer said the fix was a relubrication with different grease. Well now my warranty is way gone and the problem has come back. I get a severe clunking and shaking feel in the steering while turning and hitting bumps. Has anyone got a concrete fix for this? I also have started to get a bit of float up front as well. My trucks got 57000 on it so it just might be time, but has anyone else experienced this as well ?

 

There was a thread on this a couple of weeks ago. You can lube the steering shaft, but it will come back. Borgeson also make a replacement shaft that supposedly will fix the problem.

 

Yes, I would just re-lube it if I were you. Your local dealer will sell the kit for about $15 and it comes with the directions. It may be a little time consuming but for the money it is a decent deal. And no, it will not cure the problem, it will just fix it for the short term.

 

26098419 - thats the lube kit number.....its a 20 minute fix.

 

All you guys are only mentioning the lube kit. GM came out with a replacment shaft to fix this problem. I got mine from the dealership for around $50.00. I have seen them on Ebay for even less. If I were you, I would not waste my time with the lube kit. It only works for a little while and then you get to do it over and over again. For the one time price of $50.00, the problem is fixed for good. My steering has been great since I installed the replacment shaft. Just my two cents.

 

yeah they replaced mine. and mine is an 05. at that time it had just over 20000 miles on it.

 

there is a diffrent shaft out now that doesnt use grease in it!!!!!! put one in my buddys truck on friday!!!!

 

How long ago did you replace the shaft? I thought I read somewhere that someone got GM's "latest and greatest" shaft (it's been re-designed a few times), and the clunk returned within a year. I thought it was more expensive than that also...if it's only $50 and it works, I'll eventually invest in one. I lubed mine a few years ago, and I'm just starting to get an occassional beginning stage of the clunk under certain conditions.

 

Had my shaft replaced under warranty 2 years ago next month and the clunk came back right before summer. Just bought the grease kit this time. So far so good.

 

All I can tell you is that the updated shaft that I got within the last year is still working good. When I used the lube kit on my old shaft, it only lasted a couple of months before the clunk came back.