Steering Column Gripe:71 Jimmy - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

**'68OrangeSunshine** · 01-18-2011, 03:46 AM

'71 GMC Jimmy 4x4 K1500. Production P/S. I have some "spin" in my steering wheel, especially after hitting a bump or hard corner pulls. Sometimes the wheel is almost 90* out-of-phase. Then it comes back close to center. I got a written warning from a local county mountie a couple weeks ago for turning into the wrong lane when the tires didn't follow the turns at the steering wheel. [Didn't help when I had a 12 pack of beers on the seat next to me,

but he let me go] It looks different than the steering columns on my other trucks; '67 K/10 suburban and '68 C/10 Stepside. But those were both factory manual rigs.
Could this unit be off a later model? Steering wheel and column are correct vintage, manual tranny on the floor.

01-18-2011, 03:46 AM	#1
'68OrangeSunshine Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Tucson, AZ USA Posts: 7,067	Steering Column Gripe:71 Jimmy '71 GMC Jimmy 4x4 K1500. Production P/S. I have some "spin" in my steering wheel, especially after hitting a bump or hard corner pulls. Sometimes the wheel is almost 90* out-of-phase. Then it comes back close to center. I got a written warning from a local county mountie a couple weeks ago for turning into the wrong lane when the tires didn't follow the turns at the steering wheel. [Didn't help when I had a 12 pack of beers on the seat next to me, but he let me go] It looks different than the steering columns on my other trucks; '67 K/10 suburban and '68 C/10 Stepside. But those were both factory manual rigs. Could this unit be off a later model? Steering wheel and column are correct vintage, manual tranny on the floor. __________________ Every 25 years I like to rebuild that 292, whether it needs it or not. Last edited by '68OrangeSunshine; 01-25-2011 at 02:07 AM.



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