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2002 Tahoe Steering tight when first starting - 1/31/2008 12:30:03 PM   
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2002 Tahoe, about 125,000 miles.  When first started in the morning, it is very hard to turn the wheel when backing out of the drive.  After I straighten the truck otu in the road it loosens up and works fine.  I'm leaning toward a problem with the power steering but I'm not sure, or really that smart.  Any help or opinions about what to look at would be appreciated.

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RE: 2002 Tahoe Steering tight when first starting - 1/31/2008 6:31:27 PM   
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Welcome to the Tahoe forum.  Hopefully someone will weigh in with some ideas.

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RE: 2002 Tahoe Steering tight when first starting - 2/1/2008 8:19:31 AM   
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Replacing the power steering flow control valve with P/N 26095470 may improve this.
The other solution is to replace the Saginaw 670 steering box with the 680 series box but this is expensive.

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RE: 2002 Tahoe Steering tight when first starting - 2/4/2008 9:12:35 AM   
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How difficult is replacing the flow control valve (1 to 10)?

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RE: 2002 Tahoe Steering tight when first starting - 2/4/2008 10:35:24 AM   
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It's fairly easy, I'd say a 3.

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RE: 2002 Tahoe Steering tight when first starting - 2/5/2008 10:13:54 AM   
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how long does it last? my 1995 TAhoe w/201,000 miles on it is hard to steer on a cold start for i'd say 20 feet if that... since the KBB is like $4,000 i'm not going to bother...

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