Recent content by Chance27

Thanks for the replies, sounds like it'll be easy.

I'm planning on servicing my transmission and wanted to know what others though about my plans. I bought my '05 Trailblazer LT EXT with 109K miles on it and I have no idea what the transmission service history is before that. I have not done any work in it myself since buying it and it's now at...

Got the vehicle back from the shop. They said it all checked out, they couldn't find anything wrong with the steering system. They told me they had 3 techs test drive it and none of them said it felt 'off' in any way. I guess it was all in my head... but I will keep an eye on it. I got my 4WD...

Throwing in the towel on this one. Upon closer inspection, there's 3 separate frame pieces blocking the way to that plug. It's just gonna be too much of a pain in the ass to do a pre-load adjustment, so I'm gonna take it into a shop on Monday or Tues. Who, knows, maybe they'll find out it's...

You think there'd be enough room for me to get that plug out and adjust by removing the crossmember you've been talking about?

I think we've had a miscommunication on my end, when I said crossmember, I was referring to the i-beam shaped piece. From the links you posted it shows a flat piece being removed. Take a look at these 2 pics, the red dot is where the adjustment plug is pointing. I was wanting to do this without...

Have you removed that crossmember before? My Haynes manual (section 11-20) is saying I'll have to jack up the control arms with the tires removed because its giving instructions for the removal of both front and rear steering crossmembers. Is it possible to do just the rear one to gain access to...

If I'm gonna have to take the whole thing down to remove play in the steering, I mind as well just replace the whole damn rack. Edit: Unless I drill a hole next to that small one to get an extension through...

So I finally got under the vehicle to look and I found where it is. Now my question is, is that the plug itself I have to turn? Or am I gonna have to remove that crossbar on the bottom of my vehicle so I can gain access underneath that plug? Because it's right up against that crossbar.

Thanks, I'll try the adjustment later this week when I have time and report back. Edit to this post: I watched a YT video on doing a preload adjustment, some of the comments are saying to have the wheels turned all the way to one direction while you do this. Here's the videos I mentioned, I'm...

Hello, Newcomer here. I have a 2005 Trailblazer LT EXT ~170K miles with some play in the steering wheel. I don't hear any noises while turning the wheel, there also isnt any major drift while driving, certainly not enough for me to really notice. I checked ball joints, bushings, tie rods and...