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Old 03-11-2006, 06:13 PM
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Tight steering, hard to steering only in parking lots!?!?!?

ive had my truck for about 3 months now and i just started to notice a wobble or harder steering when im in parking lots or turing around corners at slow speed.. the wheel kinda shakes like its stuck in 4x4 but its not ive checked that...ive checked the linkages..ive checked the fluid level of the box...ive checked the tires ...i dont know what else to do besides take it back to the dealer??? also it has 67,000 miles and counting
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Tight steering, hard to steering only in parking lots

Tight steering, hard to steering only in parking lots check your tire presser first thing.
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ive checked the tires and everything that i can think of to do with the steering...is the box or pump goin bad??? hoses??? ive got a 6 hour drive home on monday!!!
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One or both u-joints on your front axle is/are bad!
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that shaking and popping feeling in the wheel has been a bad box in my experience...could be u-joints too
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Steering box.

We had exactly this fault on our leased 04.5 CTD SB, which seems to be our "bad-boy" truck.
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