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12-04-2010, 08:52 PM
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Old Guy
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Originally Posted by iamskippy
thansk for the feedback - i have more options to explore kinds felt like i was hitting a wall.
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that would fix it |
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12-04-2010, 08:56 PM
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Originally Posted by striperman36
that would fix it
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lol thought about it lol   |
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12-04-2010, 09:33 PM
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Registered Grandpa
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Had similar problems with my 96 F150. A new steerig box finally did the trick.
Check with Karl F. he's got a 97 F150 and knows his stuff, he
sure helped me. 
Last edited by justplugit; 12-04-2010 at 09:41 PM..
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12-04-2010, 10:11 PM
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Originally Posted by justplugit
Had similar problems with my 96 F150. A new steerig box finally did the trick.
Check with Karl F. he's got a 97 F150 and knows his stuff, he
sure helped me. |
that was my first thought over all, i asked a friend of mine whos a ford guys and who does most of my work with me on my truck and he said no, but that is something i have thought, what other signs might there be if its a bad steering box? |
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12-05-2010, 08:34 AM
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I assume who ever did the work did an alignment after replacing steering parts.
Steering box play can be checked by just turning the wheel back & forth and watching the movement of the pitman arm.
Check the drag link on the left side, typical of a ford.
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12-05-2010, 08:47 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Raider Ronnie
I assume who ever did the work did an alignment after replacing steering parts.
Steering box play can be checked by just turning the wheel back & forth and watching the movement of the pitman arm.
Check the drag link on the left side, typical of a ford.
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yup alignment was done at firestone i got the life time alignment. - good suggestion about checking the Steering box was just pondering how to check that. both drag links were destroyed about 4 months ago they were replaced as well. |
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12-05-2010, 01:32 PM
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Registered Grandpa
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Location: east coast
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Quote:
Originally Posted by iamskippy
that was my first thought over all, i asked a friend of mine whos a ford guys and who does most of my work with me on my truck and he said no, but that is something i have thought, what other signs might there be if its a bad steering box?
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Floating feeling on the steering wheel. You can have them try a steering box adjustment if it's not rusted tight. In my case it was and i had to replace it. |
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