Hello all,

A few weeks ago, my employees were driving home one of my work trucks, a 2001 F350 7.3 4x4 Crew w. 130K miles. They were on a straight road in a small town when the steering went completely out. The truck veered into a telephone pole. Thankfully no one was injured. The truck has major damage to the front passenger's side.

I finally got the truck back to my shop today. It is quite evident what caused the problem. The gear/splined shaft that protrudes from the steering box and is connected to the pitman arm sheared completely off. I can't seem to find this problem anywhere else on the 'net. Has anyone heard of this before??

I can get some pix tomorrow if anyone is interested.