2000 Silverado Intermediate Steering Shaft Failure

I have a 2000 Silverado 2500 4x4. Noticed some steering play over the past
week. Looked under the hood and wiggled the steering shaft where it comes
out of the firewall and it is pretty loose.

I have the info needed to replace the shaft - my question is can this shaft
catastophically fail - while I am driving down the road - lose steering
ability? I ask because I may not get a fix done for a few days.

Thanks for your responses.

Karl

On Fri, 31 Aug 2007 22:07:36 -0500, "Karl" <seidel2075 RemoveThis @comcast.net>
wrote:

>I have a 2000 Silverado 2500 4x4. Noticed some steering play over the past
>week. Looked under the hood and wiggled the steering shaft where it comes
>out of the firewall and it is pretty loose.
>
>I have the info needed to replace the shaft - my question is can this shaft
>catastophically fail - while I am driving down the road - lose steering
>ability? I ask because I may not get a fix done for a few days.
>
>Thanks for your responses.
>
>Karl
>

Never seen one actually come apart. Check with the dealer, there used
to be a recall on those shafts.
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