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Jun 19, 2007 | 07:46 PM

budfans

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driving like a drunk

my truck seams to wonder more often on a slite turns turn to left bring it back to right and back to left . eveything looks and feels tight, am I looking at a new steering box. i've got 85000 miles on it

Jun 19, 2007 | 07:55 PM

Orezona

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I vote ball-joints. Here are two threads that will help you, I hope....

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/3...ll-joints.html

Jun 19, 2007 | 07:57 PM

Fat Diesel

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I recently adjusted my steering box with good results. Mine had 200,000+ on it and I loosened the nylock nut on the top of the box and turned the allen head screw in just over a half a turn. Then I tightened the nylock. I'd try a quarter turn with your mileage and see what happens. I am hesitant to screw it in further since I think you can get it to bind at some point. Plus, the half turn fixed 90% of the play in my steering.

Jun 19, 2007 | 09:19 PM

dcf4x4

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I've had a mild wander for quite some time and if adjusting an allen head screw will fix it then I'm all for it... but....

what does the screw do? And how do I know how far to turn it?

Jun 19, 2007 | 09:23 PM

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LOL, ive gotten pulled over before in my truck for driving like drunk. Its sometimes gets hard to control, but i think my steering box is FUBAR'd, so that might be why. I got used to it so its been doing better, and i found out i had a bad ball joint. My steering is so bad that a bad ball joint made no difference!

Last edited by John311t; Jun 19, 2007 at 09:26 PM.