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Oct 20, 2022 | 08:38 PM

2019 F350

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steering wheel issues

2019 F350.. I had a ready lift 2.5 leveling kit installed on my truck. After about two weeks my steering wheel stayed to the right. I took it back to the shop and they adjusted my tie rod to correct my steering, My alignment was ok. About two weeks later, my steering went back to the right once again. I took it back and they adjusted my steering once again after checking my alignment and finding out that it was straight. The shop has no idea why my steering wheel keeps on going to the right.

Oct 20, 2022 | 09:34 PM

Just Chilling

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Are you saying it does not return to center, or is it at 2 o’clock when driving straight, or is it pulling to the left and you are fighting it and have to have it turned to the right?

Oct 20, 2022 | 09:44 PM

2019 F350

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Are you saying it does not return to center, or is it at 2 o’clock when driving straight, or is it pulling to the left and you are fighting it and have to have it turned to the right?

Its at 4 o'clock but drives straight and has no pull to either side. It does not return to center.

Oct 20, 2022 | 10:17 PM

morehouse7

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Loose pitman arm, steering box is messed up, or connection of the shaft into the steering box is where I would start. Sounds like something is stripped or loose and skipping its way around.

Oct 20, 2022 | 10:36 PM

cpobst

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Do you have adaptive steering?

Oct 20, 2022 | 10:38 PM

4wd6.7L

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An Adaptive steering fault can clock the steering wheel off center but it would (should) alert you to a fault.

Here's a link with a similar sounding concern. Unfortunately the OP didn't follow up and post what the issue and fix was. There is another link in the thread that talks about an Adaptive steering fualt. https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1613064-active-steering-wheel-off-center.html

Oct 21, 2022 | 07:37 AM

speakerfritz

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there is an adjustment to re-center the steering wheel...BUT...on my 2019 f-450, even with a drop pitman arm kit...I ran out of adjust range ...so the best I could get it was 11:00 position is the new center. the adjustment is tricky...you get more compression of the adjust collor if you disconnect the rod end at the pitman arm and make the adjustment....if you try to do this using the adjust collar only....you could wind up out of adjust travel if one set of the opposing threads have more threads on on side than the other.

if after the you are loosing the adjust....sounds to me like they are not torquing both sides of the adjust collar....so it skips/hops a thread.