Steering Squeak Fix

[Doublemyv]

Well, my squeak persists. I checked under my dash for the "muffler clamp" and plastic or rubber isolator. What I found was a muffler clamp holding the outer steering tube to the crossmember under the dash. No plastic or rubber isolator at all, and based on the clamp size, there never was an isolator. The clamp is snug around the outer steering tube, and no deflection or movement. After very careful listening while moving the steering wheel in a quiet garage, it seems that my squeak is coming from the upper bushing area inside the steering wheel hub cover. I need to remove the wheel with a puller, remove the hub cover around the blinker stalk & emergency flasher button, and check out the upper bushing or guide. Hopefully, after all that, some grease will solve the problem. We'll see. The saga continues. MM Backdraft # 1946

[bobcowan]

Originally Posted by Doublemyv

I need to remove the wheel with a puller, remove the hub cover around the blinker stalk & emergency flasher button, and check out the upper bushing or guide. Hopefully, after all that, some grease will solve the problem. We'll see. The saga continues. MM Backdraft # 1946

I should have taken pictures of this, but I didn't. Of you pull off the aluminum hub, you'll see the splined end of the shaft. Just below that is the pressed on aluminum bushing. There's no need to remove the blinker assembly.

Between the chrome tube and the aluminum bushing is a plastic bushing. You can see the black ring in this picture. That might be the source of your squeaking. Put some lube in there, like Lock Ease or motorcycle chain and cable lube. If that stops the squeak, you've found the source.


But that will only be temporary. You'll need to take to column out, move the pressed on alum bushings a bit, and then apply some good grease in there.