steering really tight. advice?
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steering really tight. advice?
I've got an 04 f250 4x4 crew cab. I just replaced the upper and lower ball joints on both sides and also the drag link. My allignment was off from the bad ball joints so I had it alligned after I did all of this. Now the steering is really weird. Its like something is to tight. I can barely keep the truck straight because every time I barely move the wheel I seem to be going one way or another and getting it straight is nearly impossible to the point I look like a drunk driver. I can turn the wheel to go around a curve and let go of it and it will stay thay way until I turn it back. It won't return itself. I'm kind of lost so any advice is appreciated.
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What brand ball joints did you use? Ive been having issues with napa chassis joints for this reason. I have been using factory joints lately because two jobs that ended like this. Making no money when you do it twice.
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I bought aftermarkets because they were greaseable. I did have problems with the passenger side install. All seemed to go ok until I realized the ball joint stud on the bottom was somehow to long and hitting the u-joint. After I examined it and it all seemed to be right I wound up grinding the stud down. As for the allignment I just had it done and I even took it back and had it double checked. But I really didn't notice the issue until it was allinged. Not sure if that was because I was fighting it pulling to the right or not.
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