2003 1500HD 6.0 Crew Cab Quadrasteer 6'6" ebay find

[Yaj Yak]

true on both!

 

[ktraver97ss]

The truck has treated be well for the last year, but I am starting to get concerned about some of the quadsteer components. I am starting to develop a squeak when turning, just as I come off center, but then its quite for the rest of the turn. Changed out the fluid yesterday with the GM stuff, no difference. I'm hoping my rack isnt on the way out cause even the used ones seem to be going for $600, plus the sensor for another $260.

Paging [MENTION=12482]jg 1500hd[/MENTION]

Halp!

 

[Chester Copperpot]

GM garbage.

 

[ktraver97ss]

Actually the rack that was coming up for $600 was not the right one. Im just pulling the fuse and dealing with this later. You really get used to it though, been parking like a newb all crooked. lol

 

[jg 1500hd]

Well that sucks. Any idea where it is squeaking from? The entire axle isn't really that complicated. The axle as noted before is just a limited slip and thus needs the friction modifier for the clutches same as a non-quadrasteer lsd. The inner and outer tie rods in addition to the upper and lower ball joints are available from rareparts.com but aren't cheap. Other than that you have the motor and sensor which I wouldn't think would squeak and the rack which has a large spring, some seals and plastic boots. Can you get under there and take a video to pinpoint it?

 

[SinisterSHO]

Honestly I wonder how many quadrasteer trucks have some kind of issue that no one ever notices. I know there wasn't many made, and I'm sure were mostly purchased, and continue to be purchased by people that know what they are. But that doesnt mean they're enthusiasts that pay attention to squeaks and stuff. I see one at work around once a month, and the guy doesn't look like anyone that would pay attention to something like a squeak.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

I'd assume other than the rack and sensors, a lot of it would share parts with a regular ball joint d60.


Grease that bitch up and if it doesn't get fixed, I'll buy the whole truck for $5k

 

[jg 1500hd]

Shitty part is that factory ball joints and tierod ends are sealed. Rare parts stuff has grease zerks.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Lame. I wouldn't think they'd be anything crazy different from other factory parts that you could find cheaper, but looking into it, it certainly seems that way. That sucks.

 

[SinisterSHO]

I know I've read something about quadrasteer3 being narrower to not need the wider box. I wonder if they were going to revise it to use the same parts as the front?

 

[ktraver97ss]

Well that sucks. Any idea where it is squeaking from? The entire axle isn't really that complicated. The axle as noted before is just a limited slip and thus needs the friction modifier for the clutches same as a non-quadrasteer lsd. The inner and outer tie rods in addition to the upper and lower ball joints are available from rareparts.com but aren't cheap. Other than that you have the motor and sensor which I wouldn't think would squeak and the rack which has a large spring, some seals and plastic boots. Can you get under there and take a video to pinpoint it?

Yeah I have been emailing with rareparts, they only make the upper ball joints, no rack or gear. I had my mechanic buddy get under there with a stethoscope thing, def coming from the gear and rack. But I have also been researching and with the way they got stuck in a turned position that time I'm better my sensor is on its way out too. I'm going to keep it disabled and work on researching getting a psc ram to work with the axle and some of the components, etc. I think that would be awesome and could get even more degrees of turn at low speeds. However I would lose all the high speed functionality that the quadrasteer system has.