chatter in steering
 

just bought 01 1500hd crew cab 4x4. the day after i drove it home i noticed a slight bump feeling in the steering wheel. i assumed it was the start of cv going bad. the dealer told me it was the actual steering bar that goes throught the firewall binding up. dealer says this is a common problem and that even if it was taken out and lubed that the problem could come back. Any advice would be appreiciated.

RE: chatter in steering
 

The dealer is probably right sounds to me like the steering column. I have put over 10,000 on mine after lubing and it has not started again.

RE: chatter in steering
 

Yep, definetly the intermediate steering shaft. We get tons at the dealership. There's actaully a TSB on them now to replace them. I'm assuming you don't have warranty left on your 01. So lubing will have to do. In all honesty I haven't saw one come back in a while. As long as they are lubed right you shouldn't have another problem.

RE: chatter in steering
 

Yes,follow directions on the lube kit,and she'll stay quiet a good while.

That,or spend about 125 bucks on the "new" shaft