Loose steering
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Loose steering
I have an '89 F-150 2WD I bought a little over a month ago. The steering has some play in it. Is this a case of simply tightening up a nut on the steering box, or am I probably looking at working on the front end?
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1989 F-150, 2WD, 4.9 EFI
156K miles
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1989 F-150, 2WD, 4.9 EFI
156K miles
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Loose steering
I read through some other posts on steering. Could someone tell me where on the steering box I would find the meshload adjusting screw, and if there is a specific procedure to tighten it.
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Loose steering
Most likely you need a new steering box, but the screw is ontop of the box. You loosen the nut and take a big screwdriver and turn the screw inside the nut. Only turn it 1/8th to a 1/4 of a turn at a time and test drive it. If you tighten it too much, it will break the box.
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