dirtautoguy
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That sounds pretty similar to what I got going on. But I do not feel the steering wheel pull or move.
I really believe what I have going on is because of the pitman arm not fitting on the gear box shaft tight. If I didn’t watch the shaft while my wife moved the steering wheel I wouldn’t have known what was going on.
I talked to the owner of the napa parts store and he got out 2 different pitman arms and put a caliper on them. The one I got was ten thousandths of an inch bigger than the other one he had. I took the slightly smaller one and will be putting it on hopefully tomorrow to see if that helps.
His other theory was the gear box shaft is worn so the Pitman arm doesn’t fit the splines right.
It’s really hard to get that but tight with a *****. I used a air impact on it which works great.
The other night when I took the nut off I was able to get a wrench on it with everything still in the truck and was also able to wrench it back down. So if you have a wrench but not a impact that might be a option too.
I really believe what I have going on is because of the pitman arm not fitting on the gear box shaft tight. If I didn’t watch the shaft while my wife moved the steering wheel I wouldn’t have known what was going on.
I talked to the owner of the napa parts store and he got out 2 different pitman arms and put a caliper on them. The one I got was ten thousandths of an inch bigger than the other one he had. I took the slightly smaller one and will be putting it on hopefully tomorrow to see if that helps.
His other theory was the gear box shaft is worn so the Pitman arm doesn’t fit the splines right.
It’s really hard to get that but tight with a *****. I used a air impact on it which works great.
The other night when I took the nut off I was able to get a wrench on it with everything still in the truck and was also able to wrench it back down. So if you have a wrench but not a impact that might be a option too.