While under my truck for an oil change last night, I noticed damage to
my steering gear housing: where the pitman arm bolts to the gear, the
gear housing is cracked and spread out. This allows the top of the
pitman arm to move side to side a few millimeters when it should only
rotate. Has anyone ever heard of this before!? Its a helluva beefy
cast housing, I can't imagine when or how this damage happened (maybe
from wheeling too hard, but I havn't been off road in 10,000+ miles).
The truck is approaching 250,000.
Lately (the past several thousand miles), I've been thinking I need a
front end alignment... once in a while at high speed, the truck will
turn slightly in a direction I didn't intend. It's mostly predictable
- only happens when shifting lanes aggressively or taking a turn on
the highway, and only at 70+mph. Now I know why.
Anyone have a spare Gen 1 steering gear they want to sell?
Thanks,
Don
89 Dakota Convertible 4x4
74 Dart Sport 340
CT
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