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Old 10-12-2020, 01:29 AM   #7
Richard
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Re: adjust steering

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Originally Posted by bluek5 View Post
well so much for needing a raised steering arm. I have experienced what you are describing without one. Can you get the front end on jack stands and try to adjust the drag link? Center the steering box lock to lock and adjust the drag link to where the wheels are straight. Just make sure the threaded ends of the drag link have plenty of engagement. Let us know how it goes. The pitman arm cannot be moved as hemi43 suggested.
+1 on previous post, you have a raised steering arm. Not a dropped pitman arm. Sloppy steering could be a worn out rag joint, tie rod ends or drag link ends if you are lucky. Maybe just a worn out steering box. Have someone move the steering wheel back and forth with the wheels on the ground while checking steering system to look where the slop is.
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