Steering Effort
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Mountain Pass
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Steering Effort
My steering wheel seems to take more effort than I would expect. Should I be able to easily spin the wheel at slower speeds with a couple fingers or is the feel heavier than this.
Tuned
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I test drove a new F250 and it had harder than normal steering, I thought may have been because it had the adaptive steering, but it did not. Once moving it was fine, but stopped or going slow its was much more difficult that other ones I have driven. I don't know of there is much that dealer does from when a truck is delivered and when they hand it off to a customer. I know some cars had a bunch of plastic spacers and stops to limit how much the suspension can move, but I am not aware of anything on pickups.
Mountain Pass
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From: Southeast Wisconsin
Thank you, I was starting to think it was just me. I had a mustang that had adjustable effort steering, and I had a 2017 F-150 that was effortless.
My F-350 has really stiff steering. Like 10-20x harder than the mustang or F-150. The good part is that I don’t notice a difference with the 14k 5th wheel attached.
My F-350 has really stiff steering. Like 10-20x harder than the mustang or F-150. The good part is that I don’t notice a difference with the 14k 5th wheel attached.
Logistics Pro
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From: Weatherford Texas.
The Mustang and F150 both have electric assist sterring the Superdutys do not. Adaptive steering helps a little with effort, but it changes the amount of steering wheel rotation at slower speeds.
Laughing Gas
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From: Clark, WY
As compared to what? Your driving an #8K truck with a lot of unsprung weight, including large tires.
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Mountain Pass
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It just seems heavy and it does have power steering so why would the size of the vehicle has any bearing. I have driven box trucks and 22,000# 40 diesel pusher motorhomes with equal or less effort. It just seem a little heavy at slow speeds.
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Mountain Pass
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Thats what I thought. My F150 also has electric steering and it is effortless compared to a 250 at low speeds. Just need to get used to it and forget about only using one hand to turn the wheels.
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From: Iowa
In my 1st super duty now after a long line of f150's. I noticed as well. 5k miles now and I don't notice it. I did add a Fox SS. Not sure that makes a difference in steering effort. Either way I'm either used to it or it takes less effort now.
Tuned
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What ?
Honestly this all sounds like a lot of whining to me.
My 8000 lb heavy duty truck drives like an 8000 lb heavy duty truck.
What a concept !
My truck drives exactly as I expected. Why would anyone expect otherwise ?
If I wanted something that drove like a Mercedes performance sedan i would have bought one.
If it only had wings, I would expect it to drive like an airplane.
Where is my propeller, I want one dammit !!!!!!
My 8000 lb heavy duty truck drives like an 8000 lb heavy duty truck.
What a concept !
My truck drives exactly as I expected. Why would anyone expect otherwise ?
If I wanted something that drove like a Mercedes performance sedan i would have bought one.
If it only had wings, I would expect it to drive like an airplane.
Where is my propeller, I want one dammit !!!!!!
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From: Pratt, KS
I came from a ‘16 Denali HD and a ‘16 F150 and the heavy steering was a concern initially as well. I’m at almost 25,000 miles and the steering doesn’t bother me at all anymore. I did install a Fox 2.0 steering stabilizer which did seem to help, but could have been in my head. Either way it’s fine now and I can steer easily with one hand. I drive an ‘18 F150 and a ‘17 Tahoe on a regular basis as well, and I hardly notice the steering difference anymore when jumping between them. The F250 is obviously heavier, but not drastic.
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Don't believe these people that say this is how a heavy truck should drive. I had a Silverado 2500 before my F250 and the steering is so much worse. Not only is the steering heavy but it has a horrible turning radius.