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Old 09-29-2025, 02:44 PM   #7
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Default Re: Checking steering box for play, best way?

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Originally Posted by GB SISSON View Post
drive in the middle of the play with a light hand, often just a fingertip on the wheel. At the slightest wander I apply light pressure to correct and the truck stays neatly in the center. This is unlike some family members who have driven the woodie and other trucks of mine and are constantly over-correcting, veering from one fog line to the to the other while complaining about the steering.
They pr0obably only ever drove rack and pinion steering vehicles. We're used to the old cars and truck worm and sector.

You're right on the common Ford application for tie rod ends.

Glenn
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