ozzydg55

I am chasing down a vibration and was wondering if this is normal,the steering rack I guess you call it right in back of the upper control arm there is some movement in it ,is that normal or is that the problem ,can someone go and shake thier steering rack above the UCA and see if it moves Thank you for your time

Matt16

Pre-95 steering doesn't use rack and pinion, it uses reticulating ball, what exactly do you want us to check?

iamsuperbleeder

I too am confused by this post...

Matt16

Ok, I'll guess you mean the steering box. No there should be absolutely no movement of the box itself.

Do you mean this box (only half visible in the pic).

iamsuperbleeder

what I don't get is there's nothing "above" the UCA...

now if it is in fact the pitman arm's ball that you're reffering too, number one, that's kinda in between the UCA and the LCA... number two, if that's what's got movement, it's a one part fix!

abecedarian

or maybe the steering column?

ozzydg55

I am talking about the steering colunm right before the steering box there is like a little u joint type of thing I was wondering if there is suppose to be any play in it I will take a pic later thanks for any help

ozzydg55

Matt16 there is a u joint looking part in back of the mud guard there in the pic that is the area i was wondering if there is suppose to be play

abecedarian

there shouldn't be any play in the steering column. there should be a fiber disc in the bottom joint on the column.
http://personal.utulsa.edu/~nathan-b.../4steering.pdf

newbie93pickup

abe whats this site you posted?

abecedarian

http://personal.utulsa.edu/~nathan-buchanan/93fsm/
it's an online copy of a 1993 factory service manual. a lot of it is applicable to other years as well.

leebee

i think he is referring to the 'rag joint' in the steering column and, no, there shouldnt be any play in that. www.4crawler.com has some good tech info regarding that item, search it out.

lee