my car went into the shop today. it came back with a quote of $1200 to have the steering column replaced because of an elephant-like sounding noise. i posted about this a while back. many of you responded with the probablity of the intermediate cam shaft. well that was replaced a few days ago for $300 because they thought that was the problem. but it wasnt.

my dads response?: its a common problem on alot of bonnevilles and its all over the place, its not a safety issue so its not worth replacing for $1200.

my response: could it be something else? is there something else i could do to get rid of the sound that scares the **** out of my passengers

Please DO NOT post mechanical problems in General Chat. It'* clearly spelled out in the General Chat description.

Moving to the proper section......

If it was not the clunking sound of the intermediate steering shaft (listen to the video posted in the sticky at the top of the 2000+ section) it could the power steering pressure hose. There'* a TSB on it and is discussed some here.
http://www.bonnevilleclub.com/forum/...ic.php?t=69529

I had to have the steering gear (steering rack) replaced in mine because of this noise. Does yours sound like this?

its not the intermediate steering shaft

YES white, that'* exactly what it is. mines a little deeper than that though, but yes thats it. how much did it cost u cause the guy quoted me $1200

I've seen a new rack on ebay for as little as $225 but expect to pay around $350.

I was trying to make it do it, you know how that goes. It would get deeper and louder at times.

I bought a warranty when I bought the car a few months back. So it was only a 50$ deductible for me. That sounded like the retail price they said it would have been if I didn't have one. There is a TSB for this too (not that it matters if your out of warranty). Here is the thread I did when I found the problem with my car. I posted the info the dealer gave my about it in my thread, look at the 8th post http://www.bonnevilleclub.com/forum/...521&highlight=

Funny thing is, a few that posted having this problem said it came back later.