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Old Jun 27, 2010 | 08:07 AM
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Steering hesitation??

Not sure where to start? 97 F-350 dont notice it all the time, but at times when I am driving, seems to be at any speed over 35mph there is a hesitation in my steering when taking a corner to the right! Kinda freaks me out cause I am not sure if I am gonna make the corner and all of a sudden it turns!! Truck has 315/75/16 tires and drives great except on those right hand corners! Leaning towards the steering box or possibly a bad/or bent steering stabilizer?(Havent removed the stabilizer to check it out) Any ideas or suggestions of where to start are appreciated! Everything up front, tierods etc seem tight.
 
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Old Jun 27, 2010 | 11:01 AM
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check your steering box and tie rod ends first. those would be the most likely. does it do it on a left turn? I would just check the entire steering linkage. Let us know what you find.
 
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Old Jun 27, 2010 | 11:12 AM
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Is this truck a 4x4? If so I'd suspect the outer u joints, one or both of them froze up.
 
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Old Jun 27, 2010 | 01:18 PM
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Truck is a 4x4 and the u-joints are good in the axle, that what I first thought was wrong but not the case. The truck only will do it on right hand corners have never felt it to the left. I will have sum one jump in and turn the wheel so I can watch everything in motion and see what I can find!
 
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Old Jun 27, 2010 | 07:26 PM
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Had my buddy a mechanic come over that does front end alignments and he could find no bad parts!!! He suggests taking steering stabilizer off and see what happens? He was at a loss also!!! So I will start there and see what that brings.
 
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Old Jun 27, 2010 | 07:33 PM
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my 94 F250HD has been doing something similar. When i make a turn and put some gas to it it seems to pull the steering in one direction or another, but at speed it is fine, even going around tight turns
 
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