CHEVROLET ME6500 1973: STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM

Make : CHEVROLET Model : ME6500 Year : 1973
Build Dates : 0000-00-00 - 0000-00-00
NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID Number : 74V214000
Date Owner's Notified: 1974-11-17 Date Received by ODI: 1974-11-11 Date Added to Database: 1979-10-12
Manufacturers Involved: General Motors, LLC
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Component: STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
Potential Number Of Units Affected : 13502
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Report Initiator: MFR V Report
Regulation Part Number: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard Number:
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      CHEVROLET CAMPAIGN NO 74-C-18.TRUCKS.POSSIBILITY THAT THE BOLTS ATTACHINGTHE POWER STEERING CYLINDER ANCHOR BRACKET TO THE FRAME RAIL MAY HAVE BEENASSEMBLED WITH FASTENERS WHICH WERE NOT SUFFICIENTLY TIGHTENED OR WHICH WERETHE WRONG TYPE.IF THE VEHICLE IS OPERATED WITH BOLTS IN THIS CONDITION, IT ISPOSSIBLE FOR THE ATTACHING BOLTS TO SHEAR, DETACHING THE CYLINDER FROM THEFRAME RAIL.THE DETACHED CYLINDER COULD WEDGE BETWEEN THE DRAG LINKS AND FRONTSPRING CAUSING STEERING LOCKUP OR POSSIBLY SEVER FRONT BRAKE HOSE CAUSING LOSSOF VEHICLE BRAKING.'CORRECT BY INSPECTING AND REPLACING ANCHOR BRACKET BOLTS,WASHERS AND NUTS.'