You're welcome, glad you've found the video helpful. It's really not too bad of a job. You're right that it will not always need calibration, I just finished one up myself that worked great out of the box, these sensors can be finicky to say the least.

@Jon's Garage Well, after tracking down a 12" internal snap ring pliers at a local Harbor Freight Tools after already having everything torn apart (the only place I could find that had such a tool in stock so I didn't have to order it online & wait), I got it done this Saturday. I tried removing the hellish retaining ring with my 7" pliers, but this time, 7" wasn't nearly enough. It really is true that you want large snap ring pliers for that mammoth ring, otherwise you're just stuck in the mud & can't get the job done. Once I had the 12" pliers, just $29 at HF, I got the ring off easily on my first try. Now, when I had the new torque sensor installed & the steering wheel back on, it was time to test it before replacing all the trim. I hesitated for a good 10 minutes because I was a scared little B. "Please don't let the steering wheel spin to one side!!" I finally turned the key & no spinning...but did I have power steering?? Yes, yes I did!!! And no calibration! I'm a typical pretend mechanic who hates working on cars, but it feels so great when I'm able to complete a real job like this, restore something as vital as power steering, & save a fat stack in the process. Daddy's happy!!

@@scottsherman5262 Awesome! Glad you got it fixed!

Yup that's the part, glad you liked the video

im about to attempt to do it , doesnt look to bad

I have just run into this same issue. Symptoms include the steering wheel making small movements at idle, power steering message on radio, and power steering working for maybe 5 mins then stopping. Hope this helps!

It moves back and forth and can turn on its own like crazy. This stuff is as dangerous as the new ford explorer electronic steering rack and pinion.

I took the amazon link down because of untrustworthy parts from them. Here's a rock auto link, I've had much better success with their parts. www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.php?pk=9113940&cc=1431703&pt=13497

The first car I did, a friend calibrated it with some snapon unit they had, the last time I did one a dealership calibrated it for $100. (side note, they are such finicky sensors, I do not claim to be an expert on them, they can be super frustrating)

Needs to be GM Tech 2 capable I believe. I took the car into the dealership for calibration.

From what I can tell those 2 part numbers are interchangeable. I am not sure why O'Reilly's would say the 23232310 part won't fit the Maxx, everywhere else I've looked says it will.

@@jonsgarage2882 appreciate the video and reply 👍. I'll be trying this out tomorrow. I went ahead and ordered the part, looks like a goof on O'Reilly's end. Did not get it from O'Reilly's anyhow as their prices are double what anyone else is selling for.

check first if it is not electronic if so it does not carry fluid there is a motor that moves the direction instead of a hydraulic pump

Only the 2005 Malibu SS got hydraulic power steering, all the rest got electric power steering, there is no fluid to check/change.

GM23232310, I prefer parts from RockAuto these days as I've gotten bad sensors from Amazon. But also Amazon is good about refunding faulty parts, so your call. www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.php?pk=9113940

After filming the video I took the car to a dealership to have it calibrated, where they said they could not get it to calibrate and that the part was probably bad. So I did it again with another new sensor from a different vendor, (the wheel did not turn all the way this time), took it back to the dealership and it was calibrated no issue. It's a tricky one, the guys at the dealership said they have had the same problem with new sensors as well. Unfortunately I don't have a straight answer for whether it's gonna be a bad part or not, I only know what happened to me.

What new vendor did you use?

You need to get the computer recalibrated. Most likely you will need to take it to a dealer or other full service shop and they'll have the tool needed to recalibrate the cars computer

@@friday1322 yeah they should probably be able to take care of it.

@@friday1322 I did the repair and didn't even take it in to get it recalibrated. It pulls a little to the right but nothing crazy. It's a very easy fix man, make sure you get big snap ring pliers though. I always try to make cars go for as long as I can.

Exact situation happened to me about an hour ago but GM part i had the whole column out tho and dont know if i screwd something up there clocking wise or what guess ima find out monday what was your fix another sensor ? scan tool also says conditions not meet for calibration all lights are out and have assist but car pulls right harder to turn wheel left then it is right thanks for any info you may have

I replaced electric power steering motor and torque sensor as soon as I start the engine the wheel turns all the way to the right. Is this a bad part or because it has not been hooked up to a bi directional scan tool and calibrated?

@@juanpla4979 If it's saying that it can't calibrate, then my guess would be a bad part. As long as you pull that little pin after the sensor is fully in place, it shouldn't be that you did something wrong. The bad one I had would also not calibrate once installed, what you're describing sounds exactly like my experience. I returned it and replaced it with a different one that worked great.

@@ianrichard805 Could be either calibration or a bad sensor from my experience, if the scan tool can not communicate and calibrate the sensor, then it's likely a bad sensor.

@@jonsgarage2882 I had to reinstall old motor module and kept the gm torque sensor I originally installed used snap on scanner for calibration and took right away I think my autel scanner software led me down a rabbit hole