i just bought an 01 expy awd with 88,000mi the steering is real touchy kinda like there is no weight over the wheels just a slight move of the steering wheel and the truck wants to go that way but after about a 1/4 turn it has a little more tension in it and feels normal to me. Is this the normal feel of the steering on these, all of the other vehichles ive owned it takes a little bit more effort to turn the steering wheel.

 

I love the steering... I drive my moms 03 Exploder and I have to use my hand to turn the truck... with My Expy I use my finger...

 

alright i was just wondering i was suprised at how easy they turn

 

be careful in 4X4... our radius is cut down by like 90%. easy steering makes it hard to remember that

 

steering box is worn out. a steering box has over-center resistance to prevent this, once the box wears this resistance is gone and you end up with the problem you have.

 

thank you i'll have to look into this, i thought it felt too touchy just wasn't sure what would cause it. everything else in the steering causes it to be less responsive

 

10 years ago when I bought my Expy I thought the same thing, it did take a little getting used to but once you get it down you'll love like that.

 

im starting to get use to it it's too cold to check out the steering pump

 

An adjustment to the alignment could help a little. It may be out of spec already.

 

Couple esy things to check, would be alignment and front tire pressure.

 

our old 01 expy was like that.. hated that , esp on the highway.. its dangerous at 75mph.. and it was brand new the at the time.. no worn out gear boxes there..

 

i need to take it in for the cruise control recall, i'm gonna have them do an alignment then

 

its great for the slalom

 

got it figured out, while i was changing the oil filter i noticed that someone had unplugged a connector from the power sterring pump. It now has some resistance in the steering like i'm use to. I also found a broke sway bar link luckily o'reily's was still open and had a set of Moog polyurethane sway bar links. It handles great now.

 

yea its some sort of steering assist... I had mine unplugged for months, plugged it in, no difference...