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Old May 16, 2021 | 11:56 AM
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2015 F250 steering issues

I've had the truck to a mechanic and the whole front end checked out. He couldn't find any reason it was giving me fits. alright so here's the issue. when driving down the road the steering will get tight and start pulling. I have to turn the steering wheel the opposite direction of the pull until it releases. once it releases the truck bounces from side to side. Imagine your a ball between 2 boards and just bouncing off each side. It will stop after a min(feels a lot longer) I'm at a loss and so is the mechanic. Anyone have this issue.
 
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Old May 16, 2021 | 01:25 PM
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Sounds like you may have a brake caliper that’s starting to freeze up on you.
 
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Old May 16, 2021 | 05:50 PM
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No, I haven't had this issue. Precious vehicles I repaired had bad steering racks or improperly torqued ball joints.

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Old May 16, 2021 | 05:51 PM
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Sounds like you may have a brake caliper that’s starting to freeze up on you.
This is easily found with a temperature gun. I would hope the mechanic would have found this quite easily even if he were new to the trade.

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Old May 16, 2021 | 10:49 PM
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Its not an all the time occurence,driving tonight it started acting a fool. I pulled over put it in park and turned the wheel all the way to the right and then left. I could hear something pop and then it drove fine. Short of blowing this beast up lol. I'm waiting on a new gear boprobably not the problem) I've already done tie rods and steering stabilizer. I hate to keep throwing money into this truck.
 
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Old Nov 3, 2022 | 08:42 AM
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I can relate to the ball bouncing back and forth, I've been through every part on this frontend. Wondering if that's just the way they are? Thanks
 
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Old Nov 3, 2022 | 08:53 AM
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Thank you for your input, if it is a stuck caliper or collapsed ruber brake line, i'd think i'd see evidence on the brake pads. Excellent reply tho.
 
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Old Nov 3, 2022 | 10:33 AM
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Had the same thing going on with my 03 F350 replaced ball joints, tie rods, Links and hub assemblies. Then I adjusted the Gearbox and it helped a lot. I sometimes still get to where the steering gets heavy and it'll pull to the right for a little while, then if I turn a corner it'll be fine. So the next step for me would be to replace the gearbox.
 
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