[fasteddiewick]

I have an 01 firebird. Last time to the track for some HPDE, the steering columm/wheel started to move a bit when I would turn the wheel hard into a corner. It is moving at the area of where the tilt section of the columm. Is this a common problem? More inportantly, is there an easy fix? Bushings, etc.

If memory serves me right, It pulls down and to the right a bit to the point where it affects your concentration a little in the turns. I don't think anything is going to break, but I would like to fix it to feel a little more confident.
Thanks in advance,
Ed

[Unbalanced Engin...]

Hey Jim,

Thanks for the order. The pins are steel and the knuckles are aluminum. So with time and use, the steel pins works the holes open in the aluminum. With the oversized pins, this may still happen. I haven't had mine in long enough to know. But I'm thinking that the aluminum displaced when the holes opened up the first time should create additional surface/bearing area and at least slow the process going forward.

In any case, it will at the very least get you back to where you were when the column was new.

HTH,
Jason

This post has been edited by Unbalanced Engineering: Jun 3 2015, 11:05 PM