I can't afford to just replace it with another oem unless redhead decides to give me back my money. I'll have my mechanic mess with it a little, it has to go back to have a leaking hose swapped. I'll just have to live with it.

For all those considering a redhead, I would go with OEM instead as Michael has.

Michael, you shouldn't be sorry that I have to deal with this crap, REDHEAD should.

 

Please remember once you touch it you will void he warranty... Call them first

 

 

Mark, mine went into a dumpster.... Just warning him, not many here can just throw away that kind of money..... That's all....

 

I have a small dumpster for junk parts. When it gets full, I cart it off to the metal salvage and get me some pizza money!

 

Nice, I'm pretty sure one of the techs at Ford was going for it

 

My dad put a red head in his trans am. 3rd time was the charm. We got good at swapping the boxes. Thank goodness for the lift

 

Yes, I'm aware adjusting the screw will void the warranty. I just don't have much faith in Redhead after hearing about other peoples problems with them. If they send a replacement and it has issues too then what's the point? If a slight adjustment has it working properly then I'll be happy. I haven't done anything yet though.

 

Pretty much my thought.

 

Update:

Just got back from the shop. Turned out to be a leaky pump not hose. The steering effort is back to where it was when the redhead was first installed but there is still that little bit of play and wander (you can feel a bit of a rattle through the wheel at times) which didn't start until a couple weeks after. I think I'm just going to stick with it for now. It's enough of an improvement over the old worn box. I still think I would have been better off with a new oem box.

Bad news is that I may have a bad front hub.....going to post a new thread on that.

 

What condition are your tie-rod ends and pitman and drag-link ends in? A little pit of play here and there adds up and will show up in the wheel and in the wonder... Just sayin, maybe you have stated that's all in good condition.

 

I actually didn't state that so for the record here's the rundown:
I bought the truck this past April, the po did the ball joints and tie rod ends. Everything else is in good shape. When it's on the lift and you mess with it there's no play in anything that there shouldn't be. Checked by my mechanic and myself.

 

Thanks for the update.

 

Ok, I should have just kept my noise out of it.

 

LOL......every bit of help from everyone here is greatly appreciated. If not we wouldn't all be posting here on the forums. It's actually good that you asked what you did because who knows if I might have overlooked something...