Steering issues on lowered straigh axle

[LordDevlin]

Good day,

I haven't been on here for a while but have been looking in from time to time. I received great information and heads up from you folks in the past and I really appreciate that, and was hoping for some more.

I recently got a new truck, came from California... its a bit more on the rod side of things, something different for me as my father has always been more of a purist, and having grown up with him, I adopted to same taste I suppose.

Either way, the truck has had a lot of work done on it, some really good work. However, when lowering the front, they seem to have simply taken out some leaves, 3 total, with 3 remaining. Its not plated yet so haven't had a chance to drive it other than around the block due to our Canadian winters. It did bottom out a bit, but that's not why I'm writing. The steering is awful.... meaning, when you go around a corner, the wheel doesn't come back straight in your hands on its own. Is this a sign of a worn steering box, or could it be from the changes in steering component geometry from the lowering?

I know that if you use a dropped axle you need to modify your pitman arm and some other stuff, but didn't necessarily know that the case would be the same when simply lowered with springs.

Could anyone provide some insight or advice? The truck is at the transmission shop as the 700r4 needed to be rebuilt and having the speedo calibrated, it didn't have a 3 gear it seems. Should be back this weekend.

Thanks for your help