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Old 10-14-2010, 02:14 PM   #1
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steering is sloppy

so yesterday, i was driving my truck and it seemed diffrent to me. the steering wasnt as responsive as usual. and as i drove it more, going straight down the road the wheel was upside down. so today im gonna see about tightening up the steering gear box (power steering). anything else i should look for? im sure the box needs replaced but i dont have the money at the moment.. just tryin to get as much out of it as i can
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I think the best and cheapest performance mod is to have someone that knows what the hell they are doing perform a tuneup on said vehicle.

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Old 10-14-2010, 03:10 PM   #2
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Re: steering is sloppy

Give this guy a call as its not to far away ...I did a steering box exchange for $225 plus tax www.steeringsolutions.com this guy is good, knows his stuff and has them in stock good to go
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Old 10-14-2010, 03:13 PM   #3
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Give this guy a call as its not to far away ...I did a steering box exchange for $225 plus tax www.steeringsolutions.com this guy is good, knows his stuff and has them in stock good to go
thank you for the link, but i found out what was wrong
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Old 10-14-2010, 03:20 PM   #4
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No problem...but down the road if you need to replace/rebuild your steering box this guy is good and honest, good that ya had a cheap fix this time!!!
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Old 10-14-2010, 03:11 PM   #5
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Re: steering is sloppy

never mind, i found the problem. and i feel kinda stupid the bolts holding the axle to the spring on the driver side had worked loose some, and the axle was slideing a bit. im just really confused how they would work loose??
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Old 10-14-2010, 04:36 PM   #6
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Better check the spring center bolt. It is probably sheered off. This is what centers the spring to the axle.
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Old 10-14-2010, 10:07 PM   #7
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No problem...but down the road if you need to replace/rebuild your steering box this guy is good and honest, good that ya had a cheap fix this time!!!
ok good to know thank you

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Better check the spring center bolt. It is probably sheered off. This is what centers the spring to the axle.
yea, that was the first thing i checked, its still intact. its just the nuts holding the u-bolts had worked loose somehow..
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Old 10-14-2010, 11:17 PM   #8
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Re: steering is sloppy

red lock-tite, lock washers, and double nut it, using a Teflon nut on the top. Then they MAY not back off again. lol. As you can tell, I over-engineer everything.
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Old 10-14-2010, 11:58 PM   #9
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Re: steering is sloppy

Glad to hear you got it fixed, I read this earlier today and thought it strange that all of a sudden the steering would get sloppy.
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