Steering: What the !@#% is loose now? Please help!
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Is it safe and or legal to repair that? I ask because my neighbor had a wrangler (yj) that had this happen. The mechanic told him it was toast and it was not legal to repair and would never pass inspection after a repair. So he sold it cheap to some other local guy who welded up some plates and is driving it around like nothing ever happened. Is that dangerous or did my neighbor just get bad advice from his mechanic?
I would have kicked that mechanics ***, No way he was not telling the truth.
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Intermediate Steering Shaft!!!
Finally! I wish I could remember where I read this but there's be soooo much searching on this I forget. Anyway, someone (some brilliant genius man) on one of the other jeep forums mentioned that since it only does it when the vehicle is cold, and it "squeaks", and everything else has been ruled out then what it likely is is the intermediate steering shaft upper bushing that is some sort of rubber and wears out and can squeak and slip when cold and then expand when warm, causing it to tighten back up.
Whew. Finally. So, I went and held the lower end with a wrench and twisted the shaft by hand, it moved and squeaked! Ohhhh freaking finally. This problem has been bothering me for like a year now all through redoing the linkage and even installing a new steering box to fix it. Whew.
Man I hope this thread helps the next dude that runs into this. That suuuuucked.
Thanks for all your suggestions anyway, I think.
Whew. Finally. So, I went and held the lower end with a wrench and twisted the shaft by hand, it moved and squeaked! Ohhhh freaking finally. This problem has been bothering me for like a year now all through redoing the linkage and even installing a new steering box to fix it. Whew.
Man I hope this thread helps the next dude that runs into this. That suuuuucked.
Thanks for all your suggestions anyway, I think.
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