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05-10-2005, 05:41 PM
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Re: Facts about steering slop....
ok a 2002 trailblazer steering rack for 100bucks 25000 miles
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05-10-2005, 05:55 PM
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Re: Facts about steering slop....
Is it a ZQ8 box? If not it';s still stock ratio... You can also use an envoy intermediate shaft or the latest s10/sonama/blazer/jimmy shaft... the less miledge the better
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05-10-2005, 06:26 PM
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Re: Re: Facts about steering slop....
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Originally Posted by blazee
I'm considering renting a trailblazer from one of those $20-$40 a day rental places and swapping out a few parts.  |
Although I know your kidding, that WAS funny...
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05-10-2005, 06:35 PM
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Re: Facts about steering slop....
yeh it was the zq8box. He also said he had the boxes with the racks but had to email me back with prices. The trailblazer rack will mate to a zq8 box
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1991 Chevy S-10 Blazer 5.7 V8 RIP
1999 Chevy Blazer 2dr 4.3--> If GM engineered something to fail on this beast it has or will. Repairs include w/in first 30 days of owning it: P1870, left front wheel bearing, gas cap, rad cap, idler tensioner, seat handles, and the list goes on.
http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbul...d.php?t=890449
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05-10-2005, 09:48 PM
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Re: Re: Facts about steering slop....
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Originally Posted by s10blazerman4x4
yeh it was the zq8box. He also said he had the boxes with the racks but had to email me back with prices. The trailblazer rack will mate to a zq8 box
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You don't need a rack, you just need the box and the intermediate shaft...
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05-11-2005, 11:15 AM
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Re: Re: Re: Facts about steering slop....
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Originally Posted by blazer94
Although I know your kidding, that WAS funny...
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Yeah I was just kidding.  I would never take anything off somebody's vehicle. 
 Hey rlith, can I borrow your blazer this weekend? 
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05-11-2005, 12:10 PM
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Alright guys I know this answer is somewhere in this post but I thought I would throw the question out anyway. I can't tell if I am having steering slop or other issues??? Here are my problems:
I have had issues every since I bought the truck with the steering. I have had very easily 5 allignments and it never resolved anything. Ball joints replaced, pitman arm, pretty much everything. I drive down the highway and it drifts in either direction depending on the slope in the road. There are sometimes I have almost a quarter tuen in the steering wheel to keep it straight and then al of a sudden it is like the steering catches and turns the direction I am turniong the wheel. I could never take my hands off of the wheel cause it will never go in a straight line. When the truck is lifted from the front both wheels have a good amount of left to right movemeant without the steering wheel responding. The only unusual tire wear I have noticed is that I seem to wear the inside and outside more. I have always kept the pressure about what is recomended thinking I would wear the middle a little more to try and even the wear out but that didn't work. Any ideas for me guys and gals? Thanks for any input and let me say once again that this is a great site with a bunch of great people! I have done and learned so much from all of you.
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05-11-2005, 05:35 PM
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Re: Facts about steering slop....
Replace the steering box w/ a zq8 box and new intermediate shaft.
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05-11-2005, 06:46 PM
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Re: Facts about steering slop....
im getting mine in 2 weeks for about 60bucks called today the shaft and box from a 2001 with 27thousand miles then i have to figure out if i want to put in myself or not
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1991 Chevy S-10 Blazer 5.7 V8 RIP
1999 Chevy Blazer 2dr 4.3--> If GM engineered something to fail on this beast it has or will. Repairs include w/in first 30 days of owning it: P1870, left front wheel bearing, gas cap, rad cap, idler tensioner, seat handles, and the list goes on.
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05-11-2005, 06:54 PM
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Re: Facts about steering slop....
rlith,
didn't you say the new ones wouldn't work on 94 and older?
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05-11-2005, 07:17 PM
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Re: Facts about steering slop....
idk bout that i know the box will work i checked out his site and since his was the same body style ill go with it the 92
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1991 Chevy S-10 Blazer 5.7 V8 RIP
1999 Chevy Blazer 2dr 4.3--> If GM engineered something to fail on this beast it has or will. Repairs include w/in first 30 days of owning it: P1870, left front wheel bearing, gas cap, rad cap, idler tensioner, seat handles, and the list goes on.
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05-11-2005, 07:33 PM
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Re: Facts about steering slop....
I was talking about the intermediate shaft:
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Originally Posted by rlith
....you can't swap a 95+ into a 94 or below....
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05-11-2005, 08:24 PM
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Re: Facts about steering slop....
well then i will still go with the box and rig something to it lol it was the oil on hot metal fumes getting to me
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1991 Chevy S-10 Blazer 5.7 V8 RIP
1999 Chevy Blazer 2dr 4.3--> If GM engineered something to fail on this beast it has or will. Repairs include w/in first 30 days of owning it: P1870, left front wheel bearing, gas cap, rad cap, idler tensioner, seat handles, and the list goes on.
http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbul...d.php?t=890449
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05-11-2005, 09:39 PM
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Re: Facts about steering slop....
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Originally Posted by BlazerBoyLT98
I drive down the highway and it drifts in either direction depending on the slope in the road. There are sometimes I have almost a quarter tuen in the steering wheel to keep it straight and then al of a sudden it is like the steering catches and turns the direction I am turniong the wheel. I could never take my hands off of the wheel cause it will never go in a straight line.
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Wow, It sounds like I was writing this!! Thes best part is when the steering catches you feel like you've gone to far and you turn the wheel the other way and on and on and on. I kind of feel like I'm driving drunk!!!
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05-11-2005, 10:15 PM
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Re: Facts about steering slop....
yeh thats how to describe it ill be going straight like tonite down to shoemakersville to get gas im goin 65 and it was goin straight then bam it kicked in the slop and all and i was like woah thre
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1991 Chevy S-10 Blazer 5.7 V8 RIP
1999 Chevy Blazer 2dr 4.3--> If GM engineered something to fail on this beast it has or will. Repairs include w/in first 30 days of owning it: P1870, left front wheel bearing, gas cap, rad cap, idler tensioner, seat handles, and the list goes on.
http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbul...d.php?t=890449
Chime in ^ with any suggestions.
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