Can anyone give me some instructions on how to ajust the steering box, I'm fairly sure this is where my problem lays. I have read the past posts on wandering, and return problems and want to try this, but I don't want to screw it up.

 

If you look at the top of the steering box pretty close to the center you will see a nut about 3/4 inch in size with threaded rod coming up thru it with a slot in the end. There are 2 ways to do the adjustment one way is to lift the front up so that both the front tires are off the ground and can turn from side to side without hitting anything. The other way is to do this on the ground, tires up is better but on the ground works just fine (ground works even easier if you have power steering). Now use a wrench and loosen the nut on top of the box just enough so you can use a slotted screwdriver to turn the threaded rod. Tighten down the rod then tighten the lock nut back down. Now go to the steering wheel and turn it full right and then full left. Repeat the adjusting of steering box tighten the lock nut tight and you should be ready to go. If after the 1st tightening you notice it turns alot the second time you may want to adjust it a third time. DO NOT TIGHEN THE THREADED ROD REAL TIGHT JUST RUN IT DOWN UNTIL IT STOPS DO NOT OVER TIGHTEN WITH THE SCREWDRIVER. What you are doing is pushing the gears closer together you do not want to put them in a bind. If you have any other questions just ask, Good Luck hope this helps,

Rick
86 302 EFI, bored 60 over, AOD,
Headman Headers, Flowmaster 40 series,
2 inch dual exhaust, MSD ignition

 

This fix worked great, I recommend it to anyone with sloppy steering. Thanks a lot Rick.