Today while driving I noticed my steering wheel wasn't centered after I turned right, but when I turned left it was centered again. I can feel something slipping when I turn the steering wheel while sitting still. My first thought was that the shaft is slipping on the splines of the steering box, but I marked it with a paint pencil, and it's not moving. I checked the other splines on the shaft too, and didn't find anything. But something's moving around, and without a second set of eyes I can't find it. I need to get another person to turn the steering wheel, while I look for what's moving. Needless to say I'm not driving it until I find the problem. I'm thinking it could be the drag link. Everything does seem to be tight. Anybody else run into this problem? Thanks, Dean

 

yeah .. most likely the draglink .
The ends/plugs are adjustable there is a cotter pin in there , but just remove it and adjust it ..

 

Cool, thanks for the picture, that's a big help. I hope to work on it today, or tomorrow at the latest. Dean

 

Looks like I fixed it. A buddy came over today, and watched while I turned the steering wheel. The front U bolts where loose enough to let the front axle move on the leaf spring on the drivers side. I jacked it up and removed the U bolts to check the bolt in the center of the spring for damage, and everything looks good. I put it back together and made sure everything was tight under there. Seems to be fine now. Dean

 

ohh good thing .. that could have turned out to be a scary situation !!!!
Replacing them in the very near future would be also a good thing .. U-bolts are designed to strech .. and reusing them is generally a NO NO .. consider it !



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