Front end question
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Front end question
I got my truck stuck last night (embarrasing but i have bald tires) and anyways I got the front end pretty burried. I looked everything over and the steering bar that comes off the pitman arm has a slight bend to it. I'm not good with names so that might sound stupid but its the bar that comes off the pitman arm and its on an angle towards the passenger wheel. Is it suppose to have a slight bend in it or did I bend it?
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its a 97 F350. I'm pretty sure it had a small bend in it forever so I just wanted to make sure I didn't tweak anything or cause damage. The wheels straight and it drives fine and no noises I just want to be sure its suppose to have a small bend
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Yep.. you bend that one... you'll know about it right away... the steering wheel will be off center...maybe by a bunch to the left as anything other than the factory bend will shorten the link, affecting the steering wheel. Bend the knuckle to knuckle rod and while it might not show up in the steering wheel, the truck will tell ya pretty quick about it eg look pigeon toe'd, tire wear and drivability problems.
So, like the other guys say... yer all good... at least it's not a Chev..... we've got a fencing guy out here that has several and loves em...he bumped into a log on the ground and broke... yeah BROKE! one of his tie rods !... about 20 miles out from the shop... had to take it off, bring it in, weld it and take it back out... so he could go home! Chev tie rods on their 3/4 tons are about as big as my pinky finger...junk ! Same with their aluminum diff housings... glad we dont own any of em...I'd have to quit
So, like the other guys say... yer all good... at least it's not a Chev..... we've got a fencing guy out here that has several and loves em...he bumped into a log on the ground and broke... yeah BROKE! one of his tie rods !... about 20 miles out from the shop... had to take it off, bring it in, weld it and take it back out... so he could go home! Chev tie rods on their 3/4 tons are about as big as my pinky finger...junk ! Same with their aluminum diff housings... glad we dont own any of em...I'd have to quit
