I replaced the steering coupling on my 75 F100. After putting everything back together, I have hard steering and a MAJOR drag at two points in the steering wheel rotation. Also. is the steering shaft supposed to have some slide to it?

 

i cant be sure about the cause of your drag but i do know the shaft is made to slide in and out. this keeps the flex of the frame and body from pulling something apart or breaking. Eddie II

 

Thanks, i thought of that and tried sliding the shaft in and out and it would not move even after taking and hammer and punch to it. NO MOVEMENT. May have to buy another shaft.

 

Is this a 2wd or 4x4? The 2wd column shaft is solid and will not slide.

Marty

 

how is the U joint in the shaft?

 

Its a 4wd. The shaft does slide but i think that it is "jamed" in some way.

 

The top half of the u-joint flexes fine, but has a slight tightness to the bottom half of the joint. It only has a u-joint on the top of the shaft.

 

spray some lube on that ujoint, my 4x4 had the steering bind up and thats all it was, i just poured oil on mine, but i truck is pretty rough so im not worried about a little oil spillage, anyways it loosened my steering right up after a couple turns left and right..........

 

mine was froze up also. i had to take it out and heat the outer part with a torch while holding it in a vice. then i wire brushed the whole thing and lubed it up and put it back in the truck. so far so good. hope this helps out. Eddie II

 

could just need lubed up and cranked back and forth a bunch of times. i had some stiff spots in my steering and i just had to turn the wheel lock to lock a bunch of times. helped alot