![]() ![]() I think the truck should track straight, but the wheels / tires you have installed may make it tough. The biggest change, and partly because the worn components had already been addressed, were the sway bars. There was a little improvement from each step, of course due to worn components. The truck was never bad about driving in a straight line, but did have a lot of body roll prior to the work. I recently also replaced the front and rear sway bars with some from Hellwig. I run stock 2015 Yukon wheels, no spacers, and 285/60 18 standard load rating tires. ![]() I also replaced the steering intermediate shaft, but that was just causing an annoying clunking noise, not causing any issue. Since purchasing my 2003 Yukon, I’ve replaced the worn suspension components needing it: tie rods, UCA / LCA, front shocks (Bilstein 5100’s) ball joints- with the LCA install- pitman and idler arms. If is that noisy and that sloppy, you would expect there would be some tell-tale signs when moving the different components around during an in-air inspection. If none of the front end or steering components are loose and the body mounts look good, then maybe weak shocks hitting bump stops? Mine clunks and my bushing is known to be toast. You have wiggled, jiggled, tugged, pushed, pulled, pried with a pry bar on every possible component?įor clunks, could very well be front body mount bushings. Nothing jiggling where tie rods meet the knuckles, in the hubs, anywhere between the pitman arm and the knuckles? Up off the ground, everything is tight? No slop or movement anywhere? Certainly, they were never tight steering response like a sports car, even when new.Īs far as the steering acting squirrely on you right now. Responsive is in quotes, because GM truck/SUV steering (on everything I have driven) has the typical vague feeling as so many others have noted. I had a bad inner tie rod, but once replaced and aligned, I track straight and steering feels "responsive". I have a little of the famous intermediate steering shaft clunk when turning the steering wheel, but doesn't seem to make anything sloppy and the truck tracks straight as an arrow down the road. Any advice y'all can offer is appreciated. I love my Tahoe and want to keep it for the long haul. Frankly, these make it miserable to drive daily and take on road trips because they're major parts of the driving experience. I've been trying to solve these for ten years now and I'm at my wit's end. Not sure if there are any bushings that need replaced - maybe the bushings that mount the body to the truck? I know it's an older vehicle, but it shouldn't be this stiff and jarring, especially with top of the line suspension. Don't even talk to me about railroad crossings. Have any of you found a solution for this? I figured doing new shocks would give it the nice quiet *thump* over a bump, but it's very stiff and bumps intrude into the cabin. Currently running the Viking dual adjustable shocks up front and Bilstein 5160 shocks in the rear, but the problem remains. I've tried multiple different shocks and even went as far as doing Atomic Fab's coilover conversion in the front. The noise very much gets inside the car- the doors, the dash, everything. However in mine it sounds like the entire truck is crashing around me, even for small bumps. In most vehicles, you get a nice *thump thump* when you go over a bump or an expansion joint, and the noise stays outside the vehicle and you almost can't hear it. Going over bumps in the road is miserable. What do you all do to build a nice comfortable steering system? Is there a secret NBS parts list that you can buy to create a wonderful truck to drive?Ģ. Is there a fix for this? I've looked into Cognito PISK and heard of other brands that claim to fix "steering slop", but want to find out if there's a well researched solution. I've replaced the steering box with a RedHead unit and done new pitman/idler arms and tie rods, but none of that solved the problem. I constantly have to correct the steering every time I drive and it's been this way since I bought it. When I'm driving down a straight highway holding the wheel straight, the wheels will just change direction on their own even though I haven't moved the wheel an inch. It's genuinely the worst I've experienced in any vehicle. Hoping this thread can help others as well.ġ. I'm sure a lot of these are common and I'd like to learn what other owners have done to solve these problems. I've spent a lot of time trying to freshen it up but for the life of me cannot solve these issues. I've owned my 04 Z71 since 2012 (just cracked 200k miles) and in that time have learned quite a few things about it that I'd like to improve. New forum member and long time Tahoe owner here. ![]()
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