Odd steering issue
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It's a 33 year old lifted truck on 37" mud tires so you have to keep on top of it, but I'm not constantly sawing the wheel back and forth to keep her straight. If I'm on a good straight flat stretch of road it will stay straight without playing w/ the wheel...
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I had a mechanic a long time ago that would work on my plow truck, he made it seem like frickin brain surgery! 
"turn the hyphenuphator to .7864 metric inch lbs" blah blah blah 
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Well don't turn it to much..just adjust it a little (little!) and see how it steers then...if it still wobbly..keep adjusting...
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Thanks for the tip. I'll give it a shot tomorrow 
Oh, and before I get crucified: I know that there is a correct way of doing things which is most likely what my guy was doing, i was just trying to be funny
Oh, and before I get crucified: I know that there is a correct way of doing things which is most likely what my guy was doing, i was just trying to be funny
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[quote=bdevr;11319103]My steering is driving me nuts, I'm hoping that someone can help me out. It's a 78 Bronco 4x4 w/ 6" lift & 37 mud tires.
The truck pulls right slightly, but the real issue is cornering. If I take a right turn with the steering wheel a 6 o'clock, the wheels will come back to center after coming out of the turn but the steering wheel wants to stay at 2:00 for the first hundred(ish) yards. It will then want to be at 12:00 and eventually at 10:00 to stay in a straight line. Taking a left is roughly the same. So basically there is a delay between what the tires and steering wheel do when coming out of a turn.
My truck 77.5 f250 6"lift does the same, the steering is not loose at all. I have gone as far as centering the steering wheel on a straight flat road then after a hard right it will be at 2 o'clock when going dead straight
drives me nuts.
The truck pulls right slightly, but the real issue is cornering. If I take a right turn with the steering wheel a 6 o'clock, the wheels will come back to center after coming out of the turn but the steering wheel wants to stay at 2:00 for the first hundred(ish) yards. It will then want to be at 12:00 and eventually at 10:00 to stay in a straight line. Taking a left is roughly the same. So basically there is a delay between what the tires and steering wheel do when coming out of a turn.
My truck 77.5 f250 6"lift does the same, the steering is not loose at all. I have gone as far as centering the steering wheel on a straight flat road then after a hard right it will be at 2 o'clock when going dead straight
drives me nuts.
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Do you have 6" lift blocks in the front?
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all hardware is good. Truck does not pull or wander, thinking gear box. I just pulled knuckles to replace ball joints I will also be replacing wheel bearings and axle u-joints, when done i will set tow and rule out just about everything but the gear box. I'm rebuilding the front axle because i'm mounting 39.5 SS not the steering issues.
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Just an update: Turns out the problem wasn't as solved as I thought . I had someone cycle the steering with the weight on the tires last night. It turns out that the track bar bushings that I put in 2 months ago are spongy as s**t. There was about 3/4" of frame movement before the wheels began to turn. I just ordered a set of poly bushings and I'm hoping that will solve the issue.
I'm willing to bet that if I searched the forum long enough I'd have already known that I should have gone with poly the first time
. I had someone cycle the steering with the weight on the tires last night. It turns out that the track bar bushings that I put in 2 months ago are spongy as s**t. There was about 3/4" of frame movement before the wheels began to turn. I just ordered a set of poly bushings and I'm hoping that will solve the issue.I'm willing to bet that if I searched the forum long enough I'd have already known that I should have gone with poly the first time
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Just an update: Turns out the problem wasn't as solved as I thought . I had someone cycle the steering with the weight on the tires last night. It turns out that the track bar bushings that I put in 2 months ago are spongy as s**t. There was about 3/4" of frame movement before the wheels began to turn. I just ordered a set of poly bushings and I'm hoping that will solve the issue.
I'm willing to bet that if I searched the forum long enough I'd have already known that I should have gone with poly the first time
. I had someone cycle the steering with the weight on the tires last night. It turns out that the track bar bushings that I put in 2 months ago are spongy as s**t. There was about 3/4" of frame movement before the wheels began to turn. I just ordered a set of poly bushings and I'm hoping that will solve the issue.I'm willing to bet that if I searched the forum long enough I'd have already known that I should have gone with poly the first time