Does anybody know why the steering wheel would travel about 4-5" when the car is turned off, very 'sloppy.' Do I need a new steering box? Thanks in advance
Does anybody know why the steering wheel would travel about 4-5" when the car is turned off, very 'sloppy.' Do I need a new steering box? Thanks in advance
Rag joint, steering gear box, etc.
HAD
'82 GT monochromatic (red)...black cloth
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tilt wheel mechanism?i just went through the same issue in my 85.had to find another column.wheel would move a inch or more in each direction before my wheels moved.
Check your inner and outer tie rod ends too.
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84 SVO 24K miles, 85 Mclaren Capri Vert. 84 GT Turbo Vert.
88 Mclaren Mustang Vert 20K miles, 89 Mustang LX Sport Vert,
03 Mach 1 7900 miles, 74 Mustang II, 69 Mustang, 67 Mustang, 07 GT500,
14 Mustang CS/GT, 15 F150 FTX Tuscany, 16 F250 Crewcab, 67 Tbird 47K miles
Sounds like a rag joint to me. Order 1 for a 1969 Boss 302. Ford has been parts bin engineering for decades and it was also used in the SVOs.
steve
"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough."
Albert Einstein
1984 20th Anniversary GT350
Almost "Stock"
US is in Columbia and that is about 1.5 hours away. We are on the coast. We have Joint Base Chas. here. Just A.F. and Navy.
"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough."
Albert Einstein
1984 20th Anniversary GT350
Almost "Stock"
I installed a flaming river manual rack and steering shaft in my pace car. Control arms/bushings/ball joints, rack bushings, tie rod ends, struts, and pretty much everything associated is new. It's been installed for a few years now, but probably less than 200 miles on them. Steering is now very loose. I'm not going to drive it until I figure out what's wrong. Looking like it's the flaming river shaft at fault but I just haven't had the time to start digging into it. I know I didn't care for the design at all, but went ahead and installed anyway. Bolts still tight and I used red loctite. I think from now on, I'll just modify a factory shaft by welding on a u-joint in place of the rag joint. I have the parts on hand for manual and power steering shaft. The u-joints are available from Summit and several other places.
79 Pace Car - 331, t5
79 Pace Car- 302, 4 spd
79 Cobra - working on 351w, t5
82 Capri- working on 302, t5
82gt - working on 408w, c4
79 Pace Car - 331, t5
79 Pace Car- 302, 4 spd
79 Cobra - working on 351w, t5
82 Capri- working on 302, t5
82gt - working on 408w, c4
Nice fix. I’m all about diy and saving $ I will keep this in mind.
and yes to the harbor freight welder. I have the same 1, just wish it could use smaller wire for body work.
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