Steering Issues! Gear Box?
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Steering Issues! Gear Box?
I have had this issue for a while now. My steering is very sloppy and after i drive my truck a couple miles and come to a stop. Its super hard to turn my steering wheel while sitting still. The PSP was new last year and when i replaced it, it didnt fix the problem. I had my brother turn the wheel while i was looking at the linkage and noticed that the steering wheel turns alot without even moving the linkage. I noticed that the slack starts and ends at the steering box. Im assuming that this means it's bad.
Reassure me,
por favor y gracias.
Reassure me,
por favor y gracias.
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I have had this issue for a while now. My steering is very sloppy and after i drive my truck a couple miles and come to a stop. Its super hard to turn my steering wheel while sitting still. The PSP was new last year and when i replaced it, it didnt fix the problem. I had my brother turn the wheel while i was looking at the linkage and noticed that the steering wheel turns alot without even moving the linkage. I noticed that the slack starts and ends at the steering box. Im assuming that this means it's bad.
Reassure me,
por favor y gracias.
Reassure me,
por favor y gracias.
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I knew that you could adjust it, but ive always heard that theres more to it than just turning that screw. And i wouldnt really know how much to turn it.
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IIRC, the steering box has like 1" of play stock. So if you turned the steering wheel back and forth you would have an inch of movement before moving the wheels. I have the same issue but haven't solved the problem as of yet. A drop pitman arm helped a lot with mine though.
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IIRC, the steering box has like 1" of play stock. So if you turned the steering wheel back and forth you would have an inch of movement before moving the wheels. I have the same issue but haven't solved the problem as of yet. A drop pitman arm helped a lot with mine though.
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