Jeep Cherokee Forum - Steering wheel play

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windlover

Mar 16, 2020 12:53 PM

Steering wheel play

How much is normal and when should the steering box be replaced? My steering a kind of sloppy and I would like to get it firmed up.

I can move my steering wheel about an inch before anything happens.

cruiser54

Mar 17, 2020 06:56 AM

Sounds a bit much.

Have someone turn the steering wheel back and forth while you look for sloppiness in the components.

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windlover

Mar 17, 2020 04:36 PM

I did. The steering wheel was being moved about an inch with no movement of the arm.

4.3L XJ

Mar 17, 2020 04:53 PM

Next thing to check is the U joints on the sector shaft

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