Odd steering problem on k10 - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

**LockDoc** · 12-16-2013, 01:28 PM

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If someone has adjusted the steering box at some point in time it may be adjusted a little too tight. Same symptoms.

LockDoc

**too much stuff** · 12-16-2013, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by LockDoc

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If someone has adjusted the steering box at some point in time it may be adjusted a little too tight. Same symptoms.

LockDoc

This was my first guess also...

**CUSTOM/10** · 12-16-2013, 02:54 PM

It sounds like the steering box has been adjusted to me also. The gear in the steering box gets worn in the middle where it sees the most use, and get sloppy. So if the adjustment is turned in to get rid of the slop the middle, it’s now tight further out in the turn. Ask me how I know !

Gary

**landy** · 12-16-2013, 10:31 PM

Sounds reasonable. Is there a procedure for adjusting the steering box, perhaps in the manual?

**LockDoc** · 12-17-2013, 12:00 AM

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Originally Posted by landy

Sounds reasonable. Is there a procedure for adjusting the steering box, perhaps in the manual?

I'm not sure about the manual but I would think so. All I know is you want to loosen the lock nut and only turn the adjusting screw about 1/16 of an inch at a time then re-tighten it.... Also remember where you started. (mark it)

LockDoc

zeeklu · 12-17-2013, 10:21 AM

I have a 67 k-10 with the axle out of a 72. Mine was acting similar and it ended up being bad u-joints in the front axle.

**CUSTOM/10** · 12-17-2013, 10:30 AM

Yes that's another possibility, if the u-joints are binding up they could make it act the similar !

burnin oil · 12-17-2013, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by zeeklu

I have a 67 k-10 with the axle out of a 72. Mine was acting similar and it ended up being bad u-joints in the front axle.

Dads blazer did this when I was a kid. Eventually it would just lock up at wierd angles. It was the only joint we payed someone to change and they ended up cutting it out with a torch. The shop thought it was going to be an easy $20 when we dropped the axle shaft off

12-16-2013, 01:28 PM	#1
LockDoc The Older Generation Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Montezuma, Iowa Posts: 26,120	Re: Odd steering problem on k10 - If someone has adjusted the steering box at some point in time it may be adjusted a little too tight. Same symptoms. LockDoc __________________ Leon Locksmith, Specializing In Antique Trucks, Automobiles, & Motorcycles (My Dually Pickup Project Thread) http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=829820 -

12-16-2013, 02:54 PM	#3
CUSTOM/10 Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Sandown, NH Posts: 2,872	Re: Odd steering problem on k10 It sounds like the steering box has been adjusted to me also. The gear in the steering box gets worn in the middle where it sees the most use, and get sloppy. So if the adjustment is turned in to get rid of the slop the middle, it’s now tight further out in the turn. Ask me how I know ! Gary __________________ Gary 72 SWB 4x4 My 72 SWB Build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=259859

12-16-2013, 10:31 PM	#4
landy Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: alb, nm Posts: 413	Re: Odd steering problem on k10 Sounds reasonable. Is there a procedure for adjusting the steering box, perhaps in the manual?

12-17-2013, 10:21 AM	#6
zeeklu Registered User Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Northwest NJ Posts: 746	Re: Odd steering problem on k10 I have a 67 k-10 with the axle out of a 72. Mine was acting similar and it ended up being bad u-joints in the front axle.

12-17-2013, 10:30 AM	#7
CUSTOM/10 Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Sandown, NH Posts: 2,872	Re: Odd steering problem on k10 Yes that's another possibility, if the u-joints are binding up they could make it act the similar ! __________________ Gary 72 SWB 4x4 My 72 SWB Build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=259859



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