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Old Jun 9, 2011 | 01:47 PM
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Exclamation JERKY Steering............ ???

anyone know what would cause the steering to becoming jerky while driving??
i have a 08 f250 SD with 37" tires on it and sometime while driving at slower speeds the steering becomes jerky, and its almost as if you let go of the wheel the wheel actually moves from side to side by itself. its weird!! only happened twice in the last 3months but i dont want it to be a bigger problem down the road if i can solve it now. anyone have any ideas???
 
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Old Jun 10, 2011 | 08:22 AM
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There are a few things it could be, but first that comes to mind is, make sure your hubs are unlocked and you are not in 4x4, and that the front axle u-joints are not seizing.

Other than that, are you sure your wheels are on tight
 
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Originally Posted by Krewat
There are a few things it could be, but first that comes to mind is, make sure your hubs are unlocked and you are not in 4x4, and that the front axle u-joints are not seizing.

Other than that, are you sure your wheels are on tight




first off, thanks for the help.......secondly, i checked all those things you mentioned and they are all good. any other ideas that would cause that to happen....do i have a bad power steering pump or one that cant keep up with the big tires or maybe a need a susp. dampner ?? i dont know....
 
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Search for "death wobble" - does it do this right after you hit a bump? The easy way is to get a big (dual?) stabilizer.
 
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Sounds to me like what you need to do is add a dual steering stabilizer. If you didn't already to that. that would help alot since the bigger tires.
 
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