HELP PLEASE STEERING ISSUES STILL
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HELP PLEASE STEERING ISSUES STILL
OK guys i have posted before and i have gone through my truck and before i thought it was my gear box but after my drive home today pretty much sure it isn't my gear box..... i was driving straight and out of no where my truck jerked to on side then when corrected it jerks the other way. so i pull off to the side of the road slow to about 10 and try to turn the wheel to the left with my head out the window and hear a metallic knock from the driver side front tire. I see it jolt to the left. Any ideas of what it could be? i know the tie rod on my pitman arm is loose going to get a one one this weekend. Could the new ball joints be faulty ones going bad already? The u-joint for the axle looks good and doesnt seem to have play in it. I am not sure what is going on i need some help
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Assuming it's 4wd my guess is a hub. Jack the front tire off the ground. Grab the top and bottom and see if it moves in and out. I've got this job down to a science now from the time I put the truck in park from the time I put it in drive to test drive it 1 hour 10 mins alone using the factory jack. Your metallic sound is what's leading me to believe this is your problem.
If it does turn out to be a hub the only special tool you'll need (or I suggest you have) is a good set of snap ring pliers. It's possible to do without but a real PITA
If it does turn out to be a hub the only special tool you'll need (or I suggest you have) is a good set of snap ring pliers. It's possible to do without but a real PITA
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Yes it is a four wheel drive and I have tried grabbing the top and bottom of the tire and the sides no movement besides the little play that is in my steering thays been there since I have bought the truck I even have grabved a cheater bar and put it under the tire to check for movement and nothing
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Tighten up your steering box, change that pitman arm and get back with us. Since you've already had a thread going and have been told what to do with the whole system (I assume) there's no where else to turn until you fix what is known to be wrong... Then we can go from there
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How do I tighten it I read it somwhere havent found it again and I am going to flush the system as well its do for it
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When you flush the system make sure you use mercron V atf. It's a 4 quart system.
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Ok well I was on my way home this morning and this is what the truck did the whole time I was only goong ten mph the faster I go the worse it is and it only does it when keeping the wheel straight turn either direction even just a little and it stops doing it here is a quick video I
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The sound.. I'm not sure, have you checked your lug nuts?
It doesn't take much play in a part of your steering to get the wheel to move that much. Have someone wiggle the wheel while you look under the truck. It was hard to tell if you were turning at all in the video. If you weren't if say you have a combined 1/8" of slop somewhere.
It doesn't take much play in a part of your steering to get the wheel to move that much. Have someone wiggle the wheel while you look under the truck. It was hard to tell if you were turning at all in the video. If you weren't if say you have a combined 1/8" of slop somewhere.
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The rims and tires are good they just came off of another 250 and when my truck doesnt do this it drives smoothly and there only time I turned was when the wheel stopped yanking back and forth before I brouggt the camera back
