Steering arm hits shock
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Here is a pic of the steering arm hitting the shock ,the axle is flipped in this pic but it hit before the flip.Is my steering arm bent?
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It looks like your spindle stops are out of adjustment. One both spindles is a 1/2 inch bolt with a jamnut that limits the travel. See if you have them still installed on the backside of the spindle knuckle. All you have to do it raise the tires off the ground and manually move the steering to see if they are making contact before the linkages. To adjust them, loosen the jamnut and move the bolt as needed to make contact then tighten the jamnut again.
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It looks like your spindle stops are out of adjustment. One both spindles is a 1/2 inch bolt with a jamnut that limits the travel. See if you have them still installed on the backside of the spindle knuckle. All you have to do it raise the tires off the ground and manually move the steering to see if they are making contact before the linkages. To adjust them, loosen the jamnut and move the bolt as needed to make contact then tighten the jamnut again.
The truck has an axle flip and (I think the OP said in the other thread) that it's been lifted.
Garbz2 already told the OP what procedure needs to be done to cure the problem.
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Did this before any mods ?
I know what needs to be modified. My actual steering arm is hitting,not my draglink. This thread is to show the steering arm pic. With all the trucks on this forum I thought someone would recognize right away if it looked bent compared to others. Thanks for all the previous help. Looks like the arm is bent upward more than stock..?
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