Anybody know 2005 silverados real well?

[ma67cpe]

I have this posted on a couple chevy truck forums as well but figured I would give it a shot here as well.

I bought a 2005 silverado about 3 months ago and I have had nothing but issues. The truck is bone stock. Ive had to do a few things right when I bought such as brakes etc. Now what was minimal at the beginning has become a full blown problem. What the truck is doing Is when I hit bumps the wheel shakes violently. Not really like the death wobble. It was not a constant shake. Only when bumps were involved. The part I hate the most is when Im on the freeway and hit a road transition the wheel will shake, the pedal will shake and the whole truck will basically shake and it will try and make me switch lanes. I took it to a shop and he replaced the inner tie rods. Still did it. I told him to fix it and he told me that is normal for those trucks because they have a stiff ride. I basically got screwed by him. So i went out and bought a new power steering rack with new outer tie rods. Me and a buddy put that in. I also got a deal on some 20s thinking that the stock 17s might have had something to do with it. Well i put the rack in and now the problem is worse. I have a constant shake in the wheel unless the road is completely flat and new pavement. The shaking starts at around 45 mph and stays during the whole ride even if Im going 80. Now the bumps are so much worse and it feels like the front end is about to fall off.

Question 1. Why would replacing the rack make the problem worse?

Question 2. Could the rack not have fix anything and the bigger 20s have made it worse over the 17s?

Question 3. I have seen the problem with the intermediate shaft so could that cause any of this if it never got handled?

Question 4. Could ball joints do all this without making a popping noise at all?

Thank you anybody for any info you could give.

[JC316]

Shocks? My 94 K2500 needs them and it acts like that.

[Country cracker]

Put the stockers back on and I had some ball joints do that on my 06 crew cab silverado. I put big 18's on mine and it would shake and bounce like crazy when braking, put the stock ones back on and no problem. I went and had the drums turned on the rear and it fixes the shaking problem with the bigger tires/rims.

[mk5.0]

My 05 gmc did that shit. Something with lubing the steering shaft. I will never own a Chevy again after owning that turd.

[kobuzz]

My 05 gmc did that shit. Something with lubing the steering shaft. I will never own a Chevy again after owning that turd.

THIS! My 2005 GMC Sierra did the same thing a few years ago and it was the steering shaft. I did some research back then and there was a TSB for the issue.

[silverranger]

There was a recall for that shit, see if your truck needs it.

[butt86]

I would second the front shocks, i have had two vehicles act in a similar fashion when the shocks had gone out.

[stangin4lyfe]

Try this first...

[ma67cpe]

Try this first...

Ive seen this problem while searching this issue. My question is could this shaft be bad enough that the whole truck will shake when hitting bumps at high speeds and then also shake on a regular basis without really noticing a steering issue? Basically what is the symptoms of a useless intermediate shaft?

[shumpertdavid]

I've worked on a lot of 99 up Chevy trucks over the years. In my experience the only thing the steering shaft has caused is a rattle going over bumps and on rough roads, no vibrations or steering issues as a result of the rattle. The lube is only to dampen the rattle noise and will eventually dry out and begin to do it again. Sometimes in as little as a week.

If the guy that did the inner tie rods checked them to be loose and did not check the ball joints, then he is a dumbass.

Ball Joints don't have to make any noise to be bad. 99% of the bad ball joints I've seen or diagnosed made no noise at all. I generally check them for movement in and out, and also up and down. You'll have to jack the truck up by the control arm to check for up and down movement (generally I'm checking the up and down play on I-beam and straight front axle vehicles).

Before throwing a bunch of money at it, like for a new rack, inner tie rods, and wheels, I would strongly recommend you finish checking the rest of the front end out. Also as mentioned above, front shock could be a likely candidate. I've seen 1 blown shock or strut give goofy ride problems.

Did you have it aligned after the new rack or inner tie rods, if not it needs to be but replace any other loose components in the front end first.

[Baron Von Crowder]

I've worked on a lot of 99 up Chevy trucks over the years. In my experience the only thing the steering shaft has caused is a rattle going over bumps and on rough roads, no vibrations or steering issues as a result of the rattle. The lube is only to dampen the rattle noise and will eventually dry out and begin to do it again. Sometimes in as little as a week.

If the guy that did the inner tie rods checked them to be loose and did not check the ball joints, then he is a dumbass.

Ball Joints don't have to make any noise to be bad. 99% of the bad ball joints I've seen or diagnosed made no noise at all. I generally check them for movement in and out, and also up and down. You'll have to jack the truck up by the control arm to check for up and down movement (generally I'm checking the up and down play on I-beam and straight front axle vehicles).

Before throwing a bunch of money at it, like for a new rack, inner tie rods, and wheels, I would strongly recommend you finish checking the rest of the front end out. Also as mentioned above, front shock could be a likely candidate. I've seen 1 blown shock or strut give goofy ride problems.

Did you have it aligned after the new rack or inner tie rods, if not it needs to be but replace any other loose components in the front end first.

Im checking ball joints first in the morning, one of them (driver's side) has a torn dust boot and then replacing the arms.

Firestone did an alignment after the rack, and I have my doubts on the quality of that alignment. I's now pulling to the left, but didnt before alignment.

[ma67cpe]

I've worked on a lot of 99 up Chevy trucks over the years. In my experience the only thing the steering shaft has caused is a rattle going over bumps and on rough roads, no vibrations or steering issues as a result of the rattle. The lube is only to dampen the rattle noise and will eventually dry out and begin to do it again. Sometimes in as little as a week.

If the guy that did the inner tie rods checked them to be loose and did not check the ball joints, then he is a dumbass.

Ball Joints don't have to make any noise to be bad. 99% of the bad ball joints I've seen or diagnosed made no noise at all. I generally check them for movement in and out, and also up and down. You'll have to jack the truck up by the control arm to check for up and down movement (generally I'm checking the up and down play on I-beam and straight front axle vehicles).

Before throwing a bunch of money at it, like for a new rack, inner tie rods, and wheels, I would strongly recommend you finish checking the rest of the front end out. Also as mentioned above, front shock could be a likely candidate. I've seen 1 blown shock or strut give goofy ride problems.

Did you have it aligned after the new rack or inner tie rods, if not it needs to be but replace any other loose components in the front end first.

Thank you very much for the replay.

Baron beat me to the reply so I will just say thanks for the info

[stangin4lyfe]

I've worked on a lot of 99 up Chevy trucks over the years. In my experience the only thing the steering shaft has caused is a rattle going over bumps and on rough roads, no vibrations or steering issues as a result of the rattle. The lube is only to dampen the rattle noise and will eventually dry out and begin to do it again. Sometimes in as little as a week.

If the guy that did the inner tie rods checked them to be loose and did not check the ball joints, then he is a dumbass.

Ball Joints don't have to make any noise to be bad. 99% of the bad ball joints I've seen or diagnosed made no noise at all. I generally check them for movement in and out, and also up and down. You'll have to jack the truck up by the control arm to check for up and down movement (generally I'm checking the up and down play on I-beam and straight front axle vehicles).

Before throwing a bunch of money at it, like for a new rack, inner tie rods, and wheels, I would strongly recommend you finish checking the rest of the front end out. Also as mentioned above, front shock could be a likely candidate. I've seen 1 blown shock or strut give goofy ride problems.

Did you have it aligned after the new rack or inner tie rods, if not it needs to be but replace any other loose components in the front end first.

I too wanted to say thank you.
Unfortunately I am in the exact same boat as the OP as well.
I have already replaced all shocks on the truck as the truck has 130k on it.
I already have a set of inner and outer tie rods for the truck and will most likely go ahead and replace the ball joints as well at the same time before aligning(don't want any issues in the future).
Has anyone tried replacing just the rack bushing as mine looks worn, or should I just replace the entire rack?

OP, please keep us posted and good luck!

[91CoupeMike]

My truck has the torsion bar front end and is 2wd, and it has similar issues and I've found my torsion bar crossmember bushings to be the problem. Pops under my feet when I turn.

[kobuzz]

You ever get this figured out??