How to fix your noisy GM steering...without taking your car apart!

Does the steering wheel on your GM car bump or clunk when you turn it? Don't throw away your money on a fix that won't last.... Here's a 5 minute, $5 solution that will have your car driving like new again.

Please have any steering issues diagnosed by a professional prior to attempting this DIY fix.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• GM
• pontiac
• chevrolet
• buick
• oldsmobile
• intermediate
• steering
• shaft
• noise
• bump
• clunk

[elal757]

For what it's worth, my steering just started to clunk again (Jan '12) So i got over a year and probably 10K miles out of this lubrication.

[btmatto]

i have a black 04 GP GT1 with hand painted red brake calipers, black tinted windows and magnaflow slainless quad-exhaust tips(not mufflers) looks pretty good... looks like yours is a GT2(if its an 04') or just a GT(if its newer) but i could be wrong. I'm going off the steering wheel, and how mine has plastic inserts were it looks like yours are metal.

[elal757]

@btmatto

Mine's an 07... yours sounds like a nice car. This is my first (and last!) black car... that thing is a freaking oven in the summer!

[bigcmusicsite]

...oh this was on my 2005 Chevy Monte Carlo btw

[bigcmusicsite]

I was having some intermittent clunking on low speed turns and pulling out of parking. Took my car to 2 different repair shops, and neither could diagnose the problem. Read about the ISS problem with GM cars...and did this after viewing the video. I drove around about 20 minutes after; made the sharpest of turns..whipped it around in a parking lot with the wheel turned all the way left and right. I noticed a BIG difference! Got white lithium grease from Advance Auto for $4. Thanks alot @elal757!

[lowprices123]

I sprayed mine till it over flowed. Still kinda pops any ideas

[tobyradloff]

I was able to fix a steering wheel clicking noise on my 2007 Chevy Cobalt by spraying both the U-joint on the intermediate shaft and spraying grease inside a boot at the base of the shaft. There was no boot over the U-joint on this car. I know that Cobalts are known for power steering issues, but I think the dealer serviced it, according to the Carfax I got when I bought it. So far, spraying the grease has stopped the noise, but I could spray it again if the noise returns. Thanks.

[ben5017]

A company named "Borgeson" makes a permanent fix for the cheezy intermediate shaft on the GM trucks ... it's 200 dollars and takes about 5 minutes as the video states and is a direct fit.

The Borgeson intermediate shaft is made with a needle bearing universal that will last longer than your car will ... do not waste time with GM ... they will offer you another shaft that needs comstant maintenance!

[usa4efer]

Thanks for the help. This worked great on my 2006 Malibu.

[Robxstone]

@elal757 I have the same 07 GP, these things do get hot.. I fixed that with a lower temp themostat

[mari01337]

i tried this on my silverado, the problem is that the "hole" on mine isnt really a hole...there is no boot on mine so i tried sticking my wd40 straw down in there, but it would just bend but i just started shooting some in there anyways....started over flowing. :/ looked in with a flash light, no hole just a black piece of metal...i sprayed wd40 up in the column from under the hood though hope it works