Thread digging - sorry. Interesting that my '00 is turned to the left when going straight too. Common issue? I thought maybe it was hit at some time but don't see any repaired damage. Did the tie rod adjustment clear it up for anyone (Seems it should)

 

Not yet.

I really need to take it in and see if a tie rod adjustment will fix it. But because it's one of those things we've lived with (read: the wife hasn't bugged me about it) it's on the back burner.



Stewart

 

Well, I guess I am going to give this adjustment a try. I have 159,000 + on my X and she does wander a little. I'll post the results when I get around to doing it ( myX is lonely at home while I am in Hawaii for 18 days).

Bryan

 

Anyone have pics? I have an 00' PSD and it does wander a bit. I'd love to see what it is to fix it.

 

This may be a good one to add to the Tech folder *hint hint*

 

Just did mine too. Super easy to get to on the 7.3L. Only did 1/2 turn and that did the trick. I didn't have much play but more than I wanted...now its gone. I have 72,000 miles on my X.

 

Just finished my "repair" and what a difference!! A little difficult to get to on my 4x4 6.0, just pulled the air filter out of the way. I did 1 full turn clockwise on my 2003 with 50k.

Thanks again for this great tip

 

Did mine today. What a difference!

But, I had to tighten mine about 1 full turn, which tightened it as far as it will go. So, at next adjustment, what's involved with replacing this?

Thanks!

 

I don't have an exact time for you but you should not have any problems for a long time. I would think the next step would be a new steering box.

 

After tightening it "as far as it will go," a new steering box is not far off in the future. Adjusting a steering box takes a very ginger touch ... unless one likes replacing expensive pieces of equipment on a regular basis. Good luck y'all!

 

Adjusted my gearbox tonight. Took 4 test drives, but I didn't want to go too much. 2001 6.8 4x4 w/ 85k took 1& 1/8 turns to get it right. This is a "feel" thing.

 

2003 4x4 7.3 having the same problem, Guess Ill be under the hood this weekend

 

WOW whats a difference 20 Mins can make. Was simpler than I thought. Removed the air intake used a step ladder and bam was doen like that. 2000 EX with 75K mile took 6 1/4 turns feels great just like a new truck

 

I'm bumping this one back to the top! After doing some research on the nearly 4 inches of slack either way in my steering, I came across this thread and it cured my problem! I thought for sure I was going to have to buy a new steering box after I checked everything else out for play (tie rod ends, ball joints, etc). I knew there was an adjustment on the boxes but I didn't think it would fix my wandering and extreme amount of play in the steering. After about 2 turns, I'm pretty close to perfect. Maybe another 1/2 turn and I should be good.

Hope this can be useful to others as it was to me!

 

Another succes story. Had a 200 mile 1 way trip to Silver Lake Michigan with my wife,son, sister in law and her 2 kids with a fully loaded 30' Raptor toy hauler.... What a difference.

"BGOK BGOK, THANK YOU EASTER BUNNY"

All thats left to do now after ohhhhh everything on the front end is the sway bar bushings... they rattle.. But dang she steers straight...