[DirtyLarry]

Agh, what a drag. So, Friday afternoon I bolted on the new and improved upper intermediate steering shaft (GM pn 19153614) to remedy the common GM steering clunk only to still have a major audible clunk and clunk pop feeling in the steering wheel afterwards when turning or hitting bumps. I went through the cab and underside of the truck with a fine tooth comb only to find the drivers side engine mount bracket bolts are missing and the engine mount bracket banging against the side of the frame. Actually, one bolt is completely missing and the other is busted off inside the mount. These are really weird bolts anyway. They are like 8” long with threads the first few inches then a void then more threads on the end.

What really ticks me off is I just put the new GM design engine mount in the RH side last weekend and didn’t even notice the LH side was missing the vertical bolts of course I didn’t look at the mount from that angle once I saw it already had the new design engine mount in it. To make matters worse this bracket is really in a tight spot, which will make digging out the broken bolt a major chore. Being this truck already got the new design engine mount on the LH side under warranty I suspect the tech at the time did not get the bracket bolts tight enough. Agh! Again, that is why the truck was so cheap as it needed some work. On the bright side I should have the ARB bumper brackets Tuesday so I can bolt on the ARB bumper. I am leaving for vacation so I won’t be able to tackle the engine mount issue for a few weekends.