4th gen steering upgrade on a 2nd gen

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03-16-2018, 07:24 AM

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I think the issue on mine at this point isnthe box needs adjusting, i can have my son move the wheel quite a bit with no movement at the pitman arm, once the slops out of the box i think ill be good, time will tell

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03-16-2018, 10:18 AM

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https://www.factorymoparparts.com/oe...age-52122362al
Bolted this directly into my 01

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03-16-2018, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by kelly mclean

Completed my t type conversion recently and my results were completely different. I upgraded everything I could. Redhead box, ttype tierods, control arm bushings,poly swaybar bushings, steering stabilizer, bilstein shocks, New tires. Hell, I even changed the rear leafs to poly and the steerings tight but, and its a bigggg but, it's all over the road when towing and changing lanes at highway speed. Had my local diesel 2nd gen expert here in Boise look at it and can't find anything loose. Had an expert spring shop guy second the check and all he could come up with is maybe the tires are so new,500 miles on em, it's hunting the road. So I'm looking for someone to swap tires for the day. Sorry, had ta vent. Didn't mean to hijack the thread.

not a smart guy...but somewhere, in the millions of threads on this, I read about rotating the axle/pinion upward downward to change the caster, has your alignment shop talked about that?

are you going to a franchise store for your alignment, or a good ole boy who has been doing it his whole life? I seem to get better results from good ole boys who do just alignments.

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03-17-2018, 07:07 PM

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04CTD, we don't have any old school type alignment shops here. most are big chain. as far as rotating(adding caster) I can probably squeeze a little more but I'm over 4 degrees now. It really hasn't improved the control. Its the oddest thing, it never did it with the old y steering and the slop up front. I'll be dropping it off at the diesel shop next week and they're going to put it up on the rack. But thanks for the input, I would not consider any ideas at this point being smartas*! I just want it fixed.

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03-19-2018, 03:52 PM

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I put a $175 steering box on from Advance, need to take a trip.

lifetime warranty, so if it lasts a year, I will plan ahead & get one of the big $$ boxes ordered & ready to install.

i was surprised my 2001 drives so good with the Y-steering. it drives like "an old truck" now, not like a shopping cart on crack.

here's where I ended up:
$400 for 4 ball joints.
$175 NAPA track arm - lifetime warranty
$175 Advance steering box.
$75 alignment

I think the Tie Rod ends on my Y-steering has been rebuilt recently, so i got lucky on that.
new tires & rims, all new shocks & steering stabilizer.

here's what I still need to make it drive "right" at some point:
$600 steering gear box.
$350 T-steer set up
$100 cross brace
-replace Track Arm under warranty (be broke after year or so, right?)
$70 alignment

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03-21-2018, 09:56 AM

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Steering upgrade for 2002 cummins 4x4

Hey y’all I’m new to this here. I have a 2002 4x4 cummins. I here all this talk about 4th gen steering upgrade. I don’t here much about the 02 years will it work for my truck.