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Old 07-31-06, 07:50 AM
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I'm having a little bit of an issue and maybe it is well known so I wanna see what you LS experts think. When I am coming out of a parking spot, obviously at slow speeds, it feels like my tires are rubbing, when I am turning the steering wheel... but I know that they are not. I have a feeling it has something to do with the power steering. So I don't know if it is the belt slipping....the steering rack is going bad.....or what. The tires rubbing is the best way I can describe what it is doing.

Anyone ever experience this before.

Also fyi...the fluid is fine and is at the correct level.

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You'll have to put the front end on jack stands or a lift. It's the only way to check the smoothness of the rack, along with the ball joints, A-arms, tie rod ends, rubber mounting bushings.

With the mileage, this may indicate multiple points of wear .
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I started experiencing this as well eversince after I had my upper control arm bushings replaced...



Originally Posted by AZDesertGS
I'm having a little bit of an issue and maybe it is well known so I wanna see what you LS experts think. When I am coming out of a parking spot, obviously at slow speeds, it feels like my tires are rubbing, when I am turning the steering wheel... but I know that they are not. I have a feeling it has something to do with the power steering. So I don't know if it is the belt slipping....the steering rack is going bad.....or what. The tires rubbing is the best way I can describe what it is doing.

Anyone ever experience this before.

Also fyi...the fluid is fine and is at the correct level.

Thanks
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Originally Posted by KilaWombat
I started experiencing this as well eversince after I had my upper control arm bushings replaced...

That sucks......you fix one thing and something else goes whacky. Hopefully some others chime in
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