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Old 12-13-2010, 08:47 PM   #11
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Re: Play in the wheel; loose steering on '71 Sierra

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Originally Posted by raycow View Post
If you are going to play with the adjuster on the steering gearbox, it MUST be done with the box at the exact center of travel. That's where the "high" spot is on the gear. If you do it with the box turned to either side you can damage the gear when you turn it back to center. Trust me on this.

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Raycow, i'm not trying to give bad advice, but every time i have adjusted the box in the middle it would bind up when at a full turn, what i was taught is the gears recive the most wear where they are used most thus more slop in the steering, meaning in the center poisition going straight down the road or close to it for turning have more wear than at full turn.

Can you explaine to me more about this high spot? Thanks.
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