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July 25, 2025
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Easy to install and fit perfect.
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Updated Design: While this part may look different from the one originally installed on your vehicle, it is guaranteed to fit and operate as well or better.
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Hi, I'm Mike from 1A Auto. I hope this how-to video helps you out, and, please, next time you need parts for your vehicle, think of 1AAuto.com.
In this video, we're going to show you how to replace the upper steering shaft on this 2002 Chevy Suburban and it's the same part and similar process on these Suburbans from 2000 to 2006. The items you'll need for this are a new upper steering shaft from 1AAuto.com, 15 millimeter socket and ratchet, 15 millimeter wrench, torque wrench and grease.
Start off by removing this 15 millimeter bolt right here on the steering shaft. You can see, Mike uses a wrench to break it free, but then, what you want to do is put the wrench on one side and the socket and ratchet on the other and just remove that bolt the rest of the way. Now just above the gas pedal and brake pedal, you'll see the other end of the steering shaft and you want to just remove this 15 millimeter bolt right here. Now, we'll fast forward as Mike does this and you can see he's just using the wrench on this part. That's really the easiest way to do this. Now pull the bolt free. Then, pull the steering shaft free, and then pull this end free. Then, go back inside the vehicle and then just pull it out from that end. It should pull right out.
On the bottom, is the old steering shaft. Above it is the new one from 1AAuto. You can see they're identical and they'll fit exactly the same. You need to make sure that the new steering shaft will fit in to the lower shaft and sometimes, due to over tightening, the lower shaft could be pinched in a little bit. So, we just fit it in there from the top without putting it into the vehicle to make sure that it'll go through. Now, feed the steering shaft in from the inside of the vehicle. You do have to maneuver it around to get it to go through the boot. Then apply grease to this end of the steering shaft and then, push the upper steering shaft back into the lower steering shaft. To make the process a little easier, you can use needle nose pliers. You can just kind of pry the hole down while someone pushes from the inside and you don't have to have someone pushing from the inside but it does kind of speed up the process a bit. Using needle nose pliers, just keep the hole for the bolt lined up and then just push the bolt into place. Then we'll fast forward as Mike tightens that up. Then just torque this bolt to 37 foot-pounds and then pull up on the upper steering shaft and push it up into place. Then just push the bolt back into place and then put your key in the ignition and just turn your steering wheel so that the bottom of the bolt is facing down so it just makes it easier to get the nut on there and in place. Then just tighten that up, and just torque it to 35 foot-pounds, and then you're all set.
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Easy to install and fit perfect.
The part was good quality and as advertised. The instruction video shows to take it out through the passenger compartment but this did not work. It was much easier sliding the old shaft out through the engine compartment.
Quality part and direct fit. Fast shipping and low cost makes it an easy purchase
I bought the upper and lower steering shafts together. The coupling by itself is not a great design by Chevy but the tolerances of the two shafts coupling was worse than the original after 230,000 miles. This sloppiness really affects the tightness and amount of play in the steering and made the very problem I was trying to solve noticably worse. I ended up wrapping the male end, (the upper shaft) part of the coupling with aluminum duct tape until I had a tight fit and that greatly improved the sloppiness and the steering feels great but seems like an inadequate fix long term. I would suggest a design with set screws drilled and tapped at the coupling at 90degrees to each other. This would allow for a solid tight connection that is also easy to remove in the future unlike my duct tape. Long term I think I will do that myself but requires some effort, tools, and more parts. For a positive, the universal joints were smooth and were an improvement to the gritty feel of the old o
Worked great!
It took more time to grind off it the manufacturer neglected to grind off on the dash side end, causing the bolt to be half the thinkness of bolt, out of alignment. It was quite the significant oversight, now I question the quality of it for the safety of my family. Not what I want in a direct-fit auto part. I'm sorry the honesty is not good this time.
Yes, this part will fit your vehicle.
You won't have to replace this unless that coupler is damaged or not working properly, it will fit and function just as the original with the replacement shaft.
