steering gear on a chevrolet question?

Question

can anyone tell me where to find a breakdown on the net for a steering gear and which way do you turn the adjustment screw to tighten lash in the steering? 98 suburban

Answer 1

If you loosen the nut and set the screw in, you will tighten the box...

But, more than likely that isnt your problem for excessive play in your stearing wheel...There are two different factors that can cause excessive play, and no effort steering..

First jack the front end of your suburban up...Move either the drivers or passenger wheel from right to left in a short back and forth movement...Look at you idler and pitman arms on you steering drag link....You will probably find that the pitman and idler arms are moving up and down with some slop...This is you steering slack...

On those year trucks, they also had speed sensitive steering..When this goes out, your steering runs at full pressure and you steering effort becomes much easier...This can cause the feeling of excessive steering play, along with road walk...

There is a EVO sensor at the bottom of your steering column...Replace that sensor and you steering effort goes back to normal...

The steering gears do now wear out that easy anymore...Most of the time it is these items I have stated...The Idler and Pitman are are relatively cheap, and where out at about 100,000 miles...

good luck

Answer 2

Try autozone.com under repair section...here's a link to one for a van which should be similiar:

https://www.autozone.com/az/cds/en_us/0900823d/80/17/19/3f/0900823d8017193f/repairInfoPages.htm

Not sure which way to turn the adjustment screws but I believe if you turn it in, it tightens the lash. Try it in small steps and see what effect it has....just don't overdo it.
Good luck, Paul

Answer 3

all the corsica's has floor shifters. they're ok autos for what they're.. in simple terms like alot of alternative econo autos, they're "throw away" autos. which ability you purchase them, power them until finally you start up having probs then junk it and purchase yet another one. maximum had the two.8L v6 or 3.1L v6.. starts giving hassle around 130K to 140K miles