# Silverado problem **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [December 17, 2014, 4:47am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/silverado-problem/88396 "2014-12-17T04:47:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![grizz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/grizz/32/2597_2.png) [@grizz](https://community.cartalk.com/u/grizz)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2014, 4:47am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/silverado-problem/88396/1 "2014-12-17T04:47:23Z")
2004 Silverado…90K miles. Picture in your mind a plastic Easter egg…place a jelly bean inside that egg. Wrap your hand around the egg and shake it. Feel that dull tapping? That’s what I’m feeling. I feel it in the steering wheel as well as in the floor. Mrs. says she doesn’t feel it on passenger side. I haven’t been able to pin down any particular speed. I sometimes feel it while accelerating…sometimes only when I take my foot off the gas…sometimes not at all. Any ideas? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2014, 4:56am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/silverado-problem/88396/2 "2014-12-17T04:56:39Z")
A good mechanic that uses a stethoscope. I took my trailblazer in for what I thought was a wheel bearing, and they replaced a ujoint. Now I knew the ujoint was a tad loose but not the source of the problem. Steering wheel vibration feel continued after ujoint replacement. They put their best mechanic on it, with a stethoscope determined wheel bearing, replaced it and after complaining of course gave a significant discount for the u joint. A bearing was tested by a sharp steering and driving test for the other wheel bearing a couple of years previously. Proper diagnosis for a proper repair. ---
**Author:** ![psanzone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac8455/32.png) [@psanzone](https://community.cartalk.com/u/psanzone)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2014, 5:49am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/silverado-problem/88396/3 "2014-12-17T05:49:01Z")
If you have never replaced any front wheel bearings yet, then the wheel bearing is a good place to look. As a 2001, 240,000+ miles Silverado owner, I am on my third set of front bearings. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2014, 6:32am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/silverado-problem/88396/4 "2014-12-17T06:32:52Z")
Do your tires seem to be wearing evenly? Take a close look at them, See any uneven wear, cupping or anything like that? ---
**Author:** ![knfenimore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9fc348/32.png) [@knfenimore](https://community.cartalk.com/u/knfenimore)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 2:43am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/silverado-problem/88396/5 "2014-12-18T02:43:05Z")
Rotate the tires and see if the problem moves. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 2:45am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/silverado-problem/88396/6 "2014-12-18T02:45:55Z")
Check the driveshaft to see if is loose at the u-joints, Does it have 4wd? It could be a transfer case chain loose enough to tap. Check for a loose rear transmission mount nut, too. ---
**Author:** ![TXdealer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/50afbb/32.png) [@TXdealer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TXdealer)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 7:42am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/silverado-problem/88396/7 "2014-12-18T07:42:44Z")
These trucks are known to make noise from the steering intermediate shaft. They can be re-lubed or replaced to fix the problem. It is usually a fast, dull rattle that is most apparent while turning or going over bumps. ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 11:03am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/silverado-problem/88396/8 "2014-12-18T11:03:13Z")
As a matter of fact, GM does not want you to lubricate the shaft They want you to replace it > **[2009-01-11\_230548\_Steering\_shaft.pdf](https://ww2.justanswer.com/uploads/Bluegorilla/2009-01-11_230548_Steering_shaft.pdf)** I’ve replaced a few of these myself, by the way