i just got my car back andmy steering knuckle is hitting my long tube headers. why is this? any help would be greatly appreciated. i also had some new gears put in , they are strange 4:10's. and i noticed the whine on the way home, will this go away after they break in? again any advise is greatley appreciated.

 

As far as the steering knuckle goes, you might want to make sure those headers are designed for LT1? Ive never heard of that problem before. As far as the gear goes, it sounds like the gears werent set up right. If they whine now, they will whine forever. All aftermarket gears will whine just a little. Use your judgement and maybe take it back to the installer and have them look at it. Good luck.

 

i talked to jet hot and they said that they would send me a new one for free. i might just try that. but thanks for the info. i ll ask they installer tomorrow when give him a call.

still open fir comment on any of the subjects if anyone has experinced something of this nature.

 

As posted, if you don't have the gears adjusted correctly they will always whine. Annoying to most.

 

The gears will whine if not fixed mine have since i bought the car going to fix next weekend. As for steering nuckle my friend with a 98 LS1 had the same prob ill ask how he fixed it.

 

mr_camaro: thanks, i will make sure that i have him check the gears, and please let me know about the header situation.

 

You can loosen the two bolts that hold the steering shaft and move it whichever way gives more clearance.

 

Just grind off the tabs on the steering knuckle, that should give you more clearance. If it is really interfering than you may have to get another one from JetHot (I'd hate to have to reinstall the driver side though!)

 

thanks for all the help so far, always open to new ideas.

 

My friend's car had a v6 steering rack and that was his problem as for you if your car has been wrecked and it has been replaced for any reason that might be the problem if not im outta ideas except alot of cars the headers have to be dented to fit properly of its not too much of a dent u might try that.

 

You might also want to check out the statis on your motor mounts. I have heard that over time ours tend to sag and cause problems with clearance between the steering nuckle and headers. I don't know if yours haven't already been replaced but to replace the two, I think, is only around 40-50bucks.

Good luck.

 

i hought it ws the motor mounts also, but i asked the guy who installed my engine and he said they looked good. the motor was put in at the same time that the longtubes were.

 

A lot of times they will look like nothing is worn on them, but over time the rubber gets weaker and will allow the motor to sag more than it is suppose to. If you don't want to dent you headers up to make them fit I would try replacing the mounts with the energy suspension ones first. Just my .02.

 

ill ask him about it again when i take my car in to get the rockers readjusted and everything torqued back down and checked. thaks to everyone who has responded, but also still taking suggestions.