Front End ?
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Front End ?
My 1960 F100 seems to have a lot of slop in the steering. When viewed from the front, the top of the front wheels appear to lean inward a small amount. What should I check to tighten the steering up ?
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The tires leaning is an alignment issue, but before you take it in for that you'll need to replace any worn out items that affect alignment.
Check and replace worn king pins, tierod ends, draglink, and finally steering gearbox where you should find an adjustment screw.
Place front axle on jackstands so wheels are off ground. Center the steering wheel and make small adjustments on the adjusting screw. Often you'll find prev owners have used all the available adjustments requiring the box to be rebuilt. Good luck.
Check and replace worn king pins, tierod ends, draglink, and finally steering gearbox where you should find an adjustment screw.
Place front axle on jackstands so wheels are off ground. Center the steering wheel and make small adjustments on the adjusting screw. Often you'll find prev owners have used all the available adjustments requiring the box to be rebuilt. Good luck.
