That is exactly the way my father's 2 chevy pickups are. They do it all the time.

 

Sorry for the people with the problems listed above I know that if this happened to my new car or truck I would definately be very upset with Ford. But I and the rest of my family have been very fortunate to have well built Fords I guess. What small problems they may have had were resolved promptly by our local dealership Columbia Ford Lincoln Mercury. My dad owns a 1999 f-150 with 5.4 Lariat Auto trans.and tows a trailor regularly 25' approx. 7000lbs. fully loaded. Its sure works well for him so far 60k+.

 

I can't say I never had any problems with the 84, hell she was 14 years old when I got er! The original 300 six was abused and neglected heavily, and a 16 year old with a lead foot didn't help it at all. I wound up rebuilding the engine to solve all of its ales. And off course the standard stuff that wears out on a vintage 4x4: Brakes, Clutch, Tires, Frontend parts, Shocks, Exhaust, Belts, Hoses, ETC... But I can say she has never left me stranded, no matter how far from home I took her. I rescued another vintage Ford pickup from the bone yard in May, I purchased my 77 F250 Highboy. I am sure I will have my share of bugs to work out of this one too, but I enjoy this sort of stuff so it should be fun!

 

I've never heard of this problem on the GM truck forums. What vehicles is this a problem on? We've owned 3 - 99 and newer GM/Caddy trucks/SUV's and never seen or heard this problem. I have a lot of friends with GM trucks too and nary a complaint among them about anything like this. Where did you get this information?

 

Holy cow, you've never heard of the (Chevy Steering Clunk) "I'm amazed!" Just for kicks I put (cheverolet clunk in steering) on the GOOGLE search Engine and as it turns out its a wide spread problem on many models. Avalanch,Cavalier, Monte Carlo,Malibu,Cadillac and Silverado. The list just keeps (going and going) like the Energizer bunny.
Also now that you mentioned it I also just found it on one of their Forums too."CHEVY TALK"
I guess thats all you wanted to know "clunk in steering shaft on Trailblazers" "2001 Silverado Steering Problem" just to name two. Anyways I dont have all day to prove points but I think that will be sufficient.
PS. I'm sorry to put down an American name but facts are facts.

 

ALso put on Google, 5.4 plug blowout, 6.0 powerstroke problems, and post here what comes up?
I did..
I hate to put down an american company also.. FORDS one too.

Ron
00 Excursion Limited 4x4 V-10

 

Just goes to show you that their are no perfect company's so why bash on either, as I recall I was just defending Ford like you are defending Cheverolet. I'm sure that we could do this all day. So why not just call it even and stop at that. speak at you later.

 

The V-10 in my 00 SD is NOT a dog! What do you want, the X is a huge vehicle!

 

You need to check out the Dodge truck site, look up valve springs and valves for the new HEMI......it is a lot worse than the 6.0L problems.

 

Cool. Thanks for the link. I see GM has a bulletin about how to fix it so they have addressed it. I sure never read about it when I was on the GM truck forums. Or if it did come up, it sure wasn't often enough to remember. I wonder if it's more of a car problem. I know the trucks are on the list too but none of ours have ever had any problems like that.

 

I was referring to the Dodge Hemi valve/valve spring problems.

 

Pkupman82,

I know how you feel. I now have a 1994 2500 with a 350TBI. It's a good engine, reliable, and has good power.
Before that however, I had a 1970 GMC 2500 with a 250 inline. You could (almost) lift the front wheels off the ground just by bouncing the throttle. It developed LOADS of torque at the bottom end of the RPM range and would PULL ANYTHING. My 350 will get the job done faster...but not without a little more movement of the tachometer!

Inlines...Ford or Chevy are MIGHTY TORQUE BEASTS.

 

StompGo...
Heck yeah those 250 Chevy sixes got some guts under em! My buddies Dad has one in a beat up 79 3/4 ton GMC Vandura 3 speed on the floor, even with close to a ton of steel in the back that sucker will still smoke the tires! I knew a kid in high school who had an 80 1/2 shortbox Chevy 2wd with a 250/ 3 speed, that little truck was actually pretty quick. We raced once and I beat him off the line up to about 65-70 mph and then he got me by a truck length...well his truck length, mine is a long bed regular cab! Those motors are fun, they can take a lickin and keep on tickin...hell they all tick a little bit don't they!

 

One comment on the Chevy "Clunk" I had an '01 Z-71 that after being on the gas, then letting off to make a right hand turn but not come to a complete stop, then get back in the gas......it would make a "clunk" sound. It had nothing to do with the "STEERING" it had something to do with U-Joints or Slip Collars or something to that effect. You could tell it was coming from behind the tranny. Anyway, Chevrolet said it was "Normal Noise" and there was nothing that could be done to fix it. I informed them that any sort of "Clunk" in a piece of mechanical equipment is not "normal" I asked if they would stand behind the problem should it worsen and they gave me a free 60,000 mile extended warrantee. Pretty good on their part I thought.

 

cads03

My nephew had a 2000 with the same rear end clunk. He got the same explanation. As a mechanical engineer, I understand what is going on. If the components all go to their extremes in terms of components, you can get a "clunk".

Also as an engineer...I know what causes this...managers wanting engineers to cut costs. The way that is done is by loosening up tolerances so that there is less scrap material from the suppliers (in other words, you accept more and turn away less).

As for GM, they stood behind the truck just like yours which is EXACTLY what the should have done. However, my bet is that those tolerances will get tightened back up because a bad reputation can cost real dollars in terms of sales...for more dollars than a few loose tolerances will gain.

Ford did the same with many of their transmissions (got a buddy who owns a transmission shop). If a hapless owner just happened to get one where the tolerances were on the high side, the tranny went out about 40K. To Ford's credit, they stood behind them and my buddy makes quite a living rebuilding Ford and Dodge (the worst) automatics under factory warranty.