Front End Problems
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SkyHighColorado
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Take it back to the alignment shop and tell them they forgot to center your wheel first. On your steering box there is a nut with a hex screw in it. Loosen the nut and tighten the hex screw a half a turn and tighten it back up.
michael hurd
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Loose could be from several things, from a rag joint that's on it's last legs to a box that's got excessive slop.
As mentioned the wheel was not centered prior to adjusting the tie rods. Tightening up the steering box adjustment has never worked for me on any vehicle I have tried it on, it usually resulted in stiff spots because the box was junk. Your mileage may vary.... but it may be best to swap it out for another unit.
Unless you had a fancy Snap-on puller, you would have had to pull the box to change the pitman arm. ( 4x4 )
It's pretty impossible to diagnose something over the internet, just going by what you say.
As mentioned the wheel was not centered prior to adjusting the tie rods. Tightening up the steering box adjustment has never worked for me on any vehicle I have tried it on, it usually resulted in stiff spots because the box was junk. Your mileage may vary.... but it may be best to swap it out for another unit.
Unless you had a fancy Snap-on puller, you would have had to pull the box to change the pitman arm. ( 4x4 )
It's pretty impossible to diagnose something over the internet, just going by what you say.
Yes I pulled the box to get pitman arm out. changing the front end was hell due to things being stuck. so I really don't wanna change out the box cause I don't want to deal with the whole pitman arm problem again.
I have changed out everything under my 2wd twice and other parts three times now.... When it was stock it felt fine but after the lift it just plain sucks........... so I have given up
SkyHighColorado
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I have 323k miles and did the box screw trick about 10k ago. It did make a difference for my application I had very bad slop now I would say I have normal slop. When I tightened up my box I did 1/2 turn at a time for a total of just over 1 full turn. I hear if you over do it you will hurt the steering box.
ChrisAU
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I've always heard to tighten the screw as far as it will go and then back it off 1/4 turn.
