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Loose Steering

bing69

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When I bought my 69 Road Runner several years ago, it was a project car. The steering wheel had 6-8" of play and it leaked bad. I sent it to a rebuild shop in Mo. After re-installing it, it didn't leak anymore, but I still had the play and it would auto steer far right. I've got the auto steer figured out. Gear box is tight to the frame rail. When I turn the wheel back and forth, the pitman arm doesn't move at all. Loosing the nut and tighten down the screw straight up from the pitman arm hasn't helped. The screw is as tight as I can get it. There's no binding when turning. I just can't get rid of the play. I'd hate to pull the gear box out - what a pain. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
 
Well if there is no play in the upper shaft and coupler and the box still has that much unresponsiveness at the output there has to be a box issue. Are you setting the play according to the FSM? The box has to be centered when making this adjustment.
 
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