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Don’t feel bad it took me 6 weeks to find it. I’m glad it helped.

did you try it?

I’m sorry I don’t but how many miles did you have on the vehicle? if you. have a parts house your friendly with see if they have a core you could trade out with. Or wrecking yard.

does it have electric or hydraulic steering

It electric, I figured the bearings are going out.

Do you have the link for the belt?​@@cookingintheshopwithmark1222

You’re welcome I’m glad it worked for you. Sorry it took so long to respond I’m closing my shop Retiring.

@@cookingintheshopwithmark1222 Good for you! I'm retired too! Hope you have some good hobbies and enjoy your retirement!

I’m curious why did you replace the fuse box? I’m glad I could help.

@@cookingintheshopwithmark1222 I replaced the fuse box because I found a TH-cam video of someone that had similar issues and they changed it out and it fixed their problem.

It was a bear for me to find glad it helped you.

We used TH-cam a lot to get ideas on what’s wrong with different cars and I never had an original fix until this one. I’m glad I finally got one and it could help you.

A big Weller 900 degree with led lights in the handle.

@@cookingintheshopwithmark1222 thanks :) do you happen to know what wattage it is?

I’m sorry but I have zero experience with the ram.

They share parts from what I can find, the casing & electronics are different. The motor, belt, & recirculating ball seems to be the same

No, not at all.

When the belt broke there was no power. You still had steering if you were strong enough. But there was no power assistance.

I have the same problem with a warning light on my dashboard . It says advanced track service and the blinker doesn’t work . Did you have the same warning light on your dashboard. I will like to know before I open the rack and pinion

@@antoniomaceda1943 the way we checked the rack was to put the front tires on the ground with the engine running and have one guy turn the wheel one way and then the other while one guy was underneath listening for the rack motor to run. If you don’t have a load on the front tire the motor will not turn. Use a screwdriver to your ear or a stethoscope to listen.

​@@antoniomaceda1943i have this problem too the Advance track service turning on sometimes i disconec the battery AND Is working again i think Is electric problem

​@@raulreyes3558did you figure it out? I'm having the same issue. Also sometimes when I turn right the steering will jerk real hard to the left and then be fine after that. No warning lights or anything. Definitely a scary feeling

Thanks

It’s been my experience that it can cause about 16 different things at least did your bolts spin as soon as you tried to tighten them?

You’re very welcome glad I could help.

Did it fix it?

@@cookingintheshopwithmark1222 I think I told you I went on an did the 70,000 mile maintenance, the problem that I ended up having was, I replaced the fuel rail sensor, an even after I had replaced it I was still getting the ck engine light, the abs an stabiltrak, I had replaced the fuel rail sensor with a GM part, it was either a COVID part, made during that time or a faulty part, replaced it with a Bosch part an road tested fine, been driving great,no problems ,an with everything I did save well over 1,000 dollars, so good deal there!

Emory wheel on a dremel

The big bearing or the tensioner bearing.

No

have you watched my 2015 chevy traverse video (repair reduced power) watch it and see if you have the same fuse box.

Your car wouldn't start or just had low engine power?

I just did the repair on one that had the instrument panel flashing. I have found them doing all sorts of things had one up to 18 different codes. Check yours it’s not hard.

I haven’t had to work on a trax. What is it you need to know?

It was definitely a head scratcher. Glad it worked out for you. How did you repair it with spacers under the original bolts or new bolts with more threads?

If your fuse box looks like the one in the video yes. We’ve done this fix on a Buick enclave also.

What are you talking about parts labor and tax was 574.00 have you priced a rebuilt rack only.

A rebuilt rack on rock auto ranges anywhere from 600.00 too 1200.00 before markup. Explain what you mean please.

$574.00 and you're married to that rack! Yes, I know the price of rebuilt and new. They have to warrant it, not you. You're not going to tell me you don't have atleast 3 hrs fiddling with that

They were going to sell the truck with no power steering because they could not afford to fix it with another rack and programming so it was done with the understanding that there was no warranty and he will actually make his money back from the repair plus some. Thats what we do for good customers. Normally I would agree with you on the married to it thing. Thanks for the comment

Cleaning the gear was not really an issue if I had it to do over again I would do it the same way with the sharp metal pick. It wouldn’t hurt to go over it with a toothbrush after you run the pick over it. The old belt guts are stuck pretty good. I would have removed the tensioner to make it easier. As for brake clean we do allow it in the shop because it smells bad. Bad like it’s bad for you. The best thing to clean brakes with is water. All of the stuff loose inside the rack housing were dry and compressed air did the trick. Thanks for the comment. Hope you have a good year.

Have you watched my other traverse video on the fuse box.

Have you watched the other video about the problem with the fuse box? I have a little bit of time to help you out the next couple of days if you like. What codes come back after you clear them? When the light comes back on if it does is it flashing?

Does it go into limp home when it acts up? Does it run like crap and sometimes it runs good?

Thank You

A bad humming sound when sitting still can be and usually is a collapsed engine mount. A bad front wheel bearing is a noise that can manifest itself several different ways. When taking off from a stop you might not be able to here it until you start driving faster. When your ear picks up on the sound you can usually hear it until you come to a complete stop. When they get really bad they are not hard to hear at all and make a grinding/rotating noise. Sometimes you can steer side to side and the noise will change. If you have a front wheel bearing going out you have to be careful when diagnosing because the noise can telegraph from one side to the other and it is easy to pick the wrong side for being bad. One way to figure out which one it is, is to feel the front springs on each side with the car jacked up and tires spinning in gear. I hope this answers your question.

There’s a humming noise that you can hear on the inside that gets louder when I accelerate and lower when I slow down.

Sounds like a front wheel bearing.

Thanks i appreciate the help

Yes it does

I really didn’t figure anyone would watch this video but much to my surprise. If you have any questions don’t hesitate to write hope it helps. Instead of crimping the end of the cable you can silver solder a ball or cut a section bolt and drill a hole to slide the cable through and solder it.

I can’t answer that for you because on this particular truck we were not having that issue so it wasn’t something we were looking at.

What is going on with your battery?

I have same issue with reduce power ,the last time it happend my battery was completely dead and had to replace it. Now the battery gauge shows 11v.instead of 14v . . I tested the alternator ealier today batery was to low to test .

Have you checked the fuse box bolts to see if they will tighten up. If they won’t tighten either replace them with all threaded bolts or do like the video and make spacer to go under the heads of the fuse box bolts. If you have got that fixed check the connections in the box and the plug to see if a terminal might be burnt from not being engaged fully. If everything is okay engine idling voltage should be 13.5 to 14.3. If you have got that idling but 11 eng off battery might be going bad check battery voltage when cranking should be 9.5 to 10.

Pull the cable ends off and check connections also.

yes they should tighten and not spin freely. On the one in the video I cut a 1/4” lock washer into a horse shoe slipped it under the heads of the two bolts and that was enough to tighten the plugs up with the bolts. The problem is they run out of threads before they pull the plugs all the way into the fuse box. One guy got new bolts that were threaded from the tip to the head.

My wife just called and said engine won't start, I told her to jiggle/ push in the wires (connecting to the same fuse box) and it started right up. I guess this would have something to do with the bolts not being tight enough, no?