starter problems

From : robdacoach

Q: id bet on it being one of two things neither of which you mention. steering box and intermediate shaft. the steering box will make all sorts of thumping up through the column especially when coming o a stop and pulling away from a dead stop. it will also make this sort of feeling as you turn. itll get worse and turn into a banging as you turn a corner. the intermediate shaft has aluminum ends and they can either wear or be junk to begin with. mine on a 2500 was replaced under warranty with one that was actually worse than the original. i checked the column end of it and found it to be loose fitting on the bottom end of the column. on the box end it had half the spline it should have. i immediately spent the money on a borgeson unit. it has steel couplings more spline needle bearing universals and is generally a better quality unit than youll find on any factory pickup truck. -- max give a man a match and he is warm for a short while. light him on fire and he is warm for the rest of his life. i have a dodge ram 1500 4x4 1999. i recently took it to the shop because while driving i can feel through the steering wheel all sorts of thuds and thumps that feels like its coming from near the end of the steering column. going around long corners i can really feel it. itll thump on and off throughout the whole corner. sometimes ill feel it just driving straight. its not a vibration or shimmy. one way i can try to explain it is it feels like someone is lightly tapping the steering column with a rubber hammer. its sporadic and holds no type of rhythm. so the guy in the shop says well your upper and lower ball joints have some play in it your tie-rod end has some play in it your wheel bearings have some play in it your track bar has some play in it. so i assumed he knew what he was taking about.... so after finding out that my guardian insurance plan paid for almost $600 of these repairs i had him do it all. the problem is still there. i couldnt believe it. i almost have a brand new front end basically. but yet the thumping knocking general unsafe feeling is still there. i just put new rotors calipers and pads on the front both sides. so its not a break vibration. i dont know much about this part of the truck so do you guys have any suggestions on where this could be coming from thanks steve .

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From : tom lawrence

the difference between mode and mode of operation is verbal masturbation typical max if the transmission is in a certain configuration it is in a mode. the fact that the mode is abnormal is the reason for the original post. but the transmisison is not in a configuration for which it was programmed thus it is not an operating mode. how do you know exactly what was programmed just because it isnt mentioned in the fsm doesnt mean it isnt programmed in. if the transmission has a combination of components properly applied at the command of the pcm so as to constitute a recognized gear it is in a mode and if it will allow the vehicle to move forward it is in by definition an operating mode. however it has failed in that it cannot read the governor pressure. indeed in the very same tsb you cite it mentions that the failure may disappear by cycling the key. and it might reappear after a restart so what if the computer repeatedly sends the transmission into a particular mode upon sensing a fault it has been programmed to do so. with regard to your verbal masturbation perhaps you feel that a failure of the front band is a lack of second gear mode or perhaps failure of the rear clutch is a back this mother up all the way home mode are those terms in common usage if you enter the terms in google how many hits will you get the tsb is evidence that the mode is recognized and has been named the fact that there is no mention of it in the fsm is irrelevant. i suppose its irrelevant that the tsb mentions how the failure can be fixed rather simply your point i made no mention of ease of repair and see no correlation with the present discussion. .