bastage
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Short of going Hydro I don't know what else to do with the craptastic ass steering on my truck. I have had it since last April & am just shy of 5000 miles. Everything is heavily modified so I am sure that has a lot to do with it.
Issue is that the steering is extremely loose & the steering wheel goes off center after almost anything with bumps.
Currently it has the Mopar Steel box, Synergy sector shaft brace, Steersmarts Tie Rod & Drag link, Clayton Track Bar. Its sitting on the Clayton 2.5" lift with Fox Shocks & 37" Patagonia's.
Since it was last in the shop & having everything perfect I have a few hundred miles on road & zero off-road miles. It has gradually over the last couple hundred miles gotten loose & I was already feeling the annoyance of the steering. Last draw is that today I drove on a bumpy snow covered road (soft snow yesterday that got driven through & then froze hard over night). Was only about 1/4 mile long & nothing that an average car or cute ute wouldn't do just fine. Never went above about 5 mph on it & when I turned back onto plowed road the steering wheel was noticeably off & within the next 1/4 mile the service traction control light came on again.
I am not looking for sports car steering, but this is freeking ridiculous. The steering has been doing this crap since new (though I went to 35's almost immediately). Given that everything has been upgraded at this point I dont know what else to do about it.
I was planning to dump a couple thousand into it with my tax returns (gotta love an unexpected tax return), but I was looking to do Brakes & some more body armor. But this is going to keep me from being able to do any real road trips in it & is starting to feel unsafe with its inconsistency.
Issue is that the steering is extremely loose & the steering wheel goes off center after almost anything with bumps.
Currently it has the Mopar Steel box, Synergy sector shaft brace, Steersmarts Tie Rod & Drag link, Clayton Track Bar. Its sitting on the Clayton 2.5" lift with Fox Shocks & 37" Patagonia's.
Since it was last in the shop & having everything perfect I have a few hundred miles on road & zero off-road miles. It has gradually over the last couple hundred miles gotten loose & I was already feeling the annoyance of the steering. Last draw is that today I drove on a bumpy snow covered road (soft snow yesterday that got driven through & then froze hard over night). Was only about 1/4 mile long & nothing that an average car or cute ute wouldn't do just fine. Never went above about 5 mph on it & when I turned back onto plowed road the steering wheel was noticeably off & within the next 1/4 mile the service traction control light came on again.
I am not looking for sports car steering, but this is freeking ridiculous. The steering has been doing this crap since new (though I went to 35's almost immediately). Given that everything has been upgraded at this point I dont know what else to do about it.
I was planning to dump a couple thousand into it with my tax returns (gotta love an unexpected tax return), but I was looking to do Brakes & some more body armor. But this is going to keep me from being able to do any real road trips in it & is starting to feel unsafe with its inconsistency.
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