hot steering column

69oiler · Jun 19, 2009

my steering column gets hot. it's not from the sun...has anybody had this problem? my first guess is a wiring issue...which is a little scary because it does get quite hot. not too hot to touch the outside of the column, but close.

any ideas? fwiw i do carry a fire extinguisher in both trucks

Cincinnati Guy · Jun 19, 2009

The steering column does extend down into the engine compartment. Did you take that into consideration?

91f2504x4 · Jun 19, 2009

If it is a wiring problem then it should blow a fuse unless something really wierd is wrong. A fuse shouldn't let it produce that much heat for very long before it blows.

Devilish · Jun 19, 2009

The slide switch that screws on the colum could be failing. I fried the wires from the column to the injection pump because of a bad switch on my 87 dually

HammerDown · Jun 19, 2009

I can cook ribs on mine...always been like this.

icanfixall · Jun 19, 2009

Check inside the motor compartment. You may find a seal around the colume worn out at the firewall.

typ4 · Jun 19, 2009

icanfixall said:
Check inside the motor compartment. You may find a seal around the colume worn out at the firewall.

X2, mine was bad, I cut some stiff foam pieces to stuff in the bottom of the column and cured the problem

howards@howard · Jun 19, 2009

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Mine has been hot for ten years. I think it's just heat from the engine.

Diesel JD · Jun 20, 2009

Mine's cookin' its from EGTs not from any electrical problem.

69oiler · Jun 21, 2009

i never thought it could be from engine heat. maybe that's why the newer trucks went to plastic columns.

i figured that a fuse would have blown if it was an electrical issue.

TLBREWER · Jun 25, 2009

HammerDown said:
I can cook ribs on mine...always been like this.

WooHoo! A new use for steering columns. :rotflmao

Tom

RLDSL · Jun 25, 2009

Check the wire harness to the turn signal setup; I had that sucker near catch fire. Replaced the turn signal and the plug harness. no more smoldering harness.

Agnem · Jun 25, 2009

Just unplug the wires to the IP, and disconnect the field wire to the alternator and leave the key in the engine on position for a few hours with a battery charger attached. If it is electrical, the column will heat up. If it is due to radiant heat from the manifold then it will not. None of my trucks get a warm column, so I would think if it were radiant heat, that this would be a design consistency and they would all do it.

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