SQUEAK/SQUAWK NOISE COMING FROM BOTTOM OF STEERING COL.

SUBJECT: SQUEAK/SQUAWK NOISE COMING FROM BOTTOM OF STEERING COLUMN (REPLACE AND/OR LUBRICATE LOWER BEARING ASSEMBLY)

MODELS: 1995-97 OLDSMOBILE ACHIEVA 1995-97 PONTIAC GRAND AM

CONDITION:

SOME OWNERS MAY COMMENT ON A SQUEAK/SQUAWK NOISE COMING FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE STEERING COLUMN. THE NOISE WILL BE HEARD WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING OR NOT RUNNING.

CAUSE:

CONDITION MAY BE DUE TO THE LOWER BEARING ASSEMBLY.

CORRECTION:

FOR EVO (ELECTRONIC VARIABLE ORIFICE, RPO NV7) APPLICATIONS, REPLACE THE WHITE LOWER BEARING ASSEMBLY WITH A GREEN LOWER BEARING ASSEMBLY, P/N 26044518, AND ADD LUBRICANT, P/N 12345718, ON BEARING SURFACES.

SERVICE PROCEDURE:

USE THE DISASSEMBLE STEPS IN SECTION 3F5 (FOR TILT COLUMN), OR 3F4 (FOR STANDARD COLUMN) OF THE SERVICE MANUAL. ON REASSEMBLY, APPLY LUBRICANT, P/N 12345718, ON THE NEW BEARING ASSEMBLY AND THE SHAFT ASSEMBLY AS SHOWN IN FIGURE 1.

FOR NON-EVO APPLICATIONS, APPLY LUBRICANT, P/N 12345718, ON THE BEARING ASSEMBLY AND SHAFT ASSEMBLY AS SHOWN IN FIGURE 1.

PARTS INFORMATION:

P/N DESCRIPTION === ===========

26044518 LOWER BEARING ASSEMBLY - GREEN (RPO NV7 ONLY) 12345718 LUBRICANT

PARTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AVAILABLE OCTOBER 27, 1997.

WARRANTY INFORMATION:

FOR VEHICLES REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY, USE:

LABOR OPERATION NUMBER: E7620 USE PUBLISHED LABOR OPERATION TIME.

FIGURES: 01 ATTACHMENTS: 00

FIGURE 1 - APPLY LUBRICANT BEFORE ASSEMBLY

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