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hard to turn right while moving

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Old 09-19-2015, 06:57 PM
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hard to turn right while moving

have a 2001 cummins just lately its hard to turn right WHILE moving. the truck turns right to left fine when its not moving. but going down a road at about 30+ the steering wheel gets real hard to turn to the right.. only the right. left works fine. the steering wheel sticks to. its like when you tighten down a bottle cap real tight and you try to take it off its a little stuck? best way i can describe it. i dont think it would be power steering box cause it works fine while sitting its only while moving. could this be ball joints? tie rods ext?
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I had a bent steering stabilizer on my toyota that did something like that if you could disconnect it an test it that might be a possibility.
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Originally Posted by Ed ke6bnl
I had a bent steering stabilizer on my toyota that did something like that if you could disconnect it an test it that might be a possibility.
Today I got in my truck took the gf to work and now it's not doing it.. I'm guessing the steering box? Maybe I should wait a little and see if it does it again
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Inspect all the steering components, jack it up and shake the tires, turn the tires and feel for grinding, you may have a bad u-joint in the steering axles...
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