I am / was having problems with my front end, I posted another thread few days ago, had a lot of play in the steering wheel, about 6 inches. I also felt the truck was "floating " at high speed. So today me and a buddy took the truck to a chassis guy he knows. This guy builds pro-mods so be knows his stuff. He found a few things he did not like, so I made an appointment next week to bring it to him.
His shop was about 10 miles from my house. We took a three lane highway to get there. On the way home I kept it about 50 mph just to be safe. Dropped my buddy off and continued home, everything felt the same, as far as the front end was concerned. I made a left on to my block and lost complete steering capabilities. The wheel turns full circle without the wheels turning..Had to push the rest of the way kicking the tires to turn. I have never had anything like this happen. If this would have failed 5 minutes earlier it would have been really bad.
Everything under the truck looks fine, no broken parts or fluids anywhere. I am thinking the steering box must be blown apart on the inside. This steering box was supposedly rebuilt a year or so ago. Guess I got ripped off. Not happy about it but it was real close to being much worse.
His shop was about 10 miles from my house. We took a three lane highway to get there. On the way home I kept it about 50 mph just to be safe. Dropped my buddy off and continued home, everything felt the same, as far as the front end was concerned. I made a left on to my block and lost complete steering capabilities. The wheel turns full circle without the wheels turning..Had to push the rest of the way kicking the tires to turn. I have never had anything like this happen. If this would have failed 5 minutes earlier it would have been really bad.
Everything under the truck looks fine, no broken parts or fluids anywhere. I am thinking the steering box must be blown apart on the inside. This steering box was supposedly rebuilt a year or so ago. Guess I got ripped off. Not happy about it but it was real close to being much worse.