Steering wheel pull (both ways???)
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Steering wheel pull (both ways???)
Hey guys, HELP!!! I have a 1999 4x4 250 SD with a straight axle front end and manual hubs. Last week I started getting a weird steering wheel pull. When driving straight, the steering wheel pulls to the left, and when stopping the wheel will pull to the right. The truck has 76,000 miles on it and in the last year I have replaced the ball joints and steering stabilizer (1 yr ago), the shocks and sway bar bushings and end links (6 months ago), brakes (calipers and brackets, rotors and pads, and drivers side front rubber brake hose (in the last 1-2 weeks). This problem just started on Monday last week and I figured it may be the calipers got bad from sitting a lot, so I changed those (didn't work). After reading on here about possible inner brake hose deterioration I replaced the left driver hose today (no dice). I have swapped front tires around (no help), pushed in the pistons and re-set the pads, switched pads from side to side (no help) and re-bled the brakes a few times. A month ago when I had the front axle seals done the service tech said that the U-joints and tie rod ends were in great shape. At this point I'm thinking about taking it in. Any ideas would be GREATLY appreciated 
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I have all kinds of steering problems with my 99 superduty. After a year of fighting with it and changing everything related to the front (springs, ball joints, tie rod ends, steering gear, etc) I found out that Moog had shipped thousands of bad ball joints for these trucks. Moog was always a premium part and that is what I put back in. Even though it acted like stiff ball joints, I was told no, it was obviously something else (by the owner of the auto parts stores). Posted in this site was an article of the moog problem. So now, I will not use Moog for anything. BTW. TRW ball joints dont do this.
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Is this a diesel?
The thing is, it pulls left when driving, and pulls right when braking.
That means something is definitely moving around, especially if you did all the brakes (and slide pins?) and other suspension work.
If it was stiff ball joints, it wouldn't act that way, and the difference when braking means it's not u-joints.
The thing is, it pulls left when driving, and pulls right when braking.
That means something is definitely moving around, especially if you did all the brakes (and slide pins?) and other suspension work.
If it was stiff ball joints, it wouldn't act that way, and the difference when braking means it's not u-joints.
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