Another Theory on Steering Wander?

Another Theory on Steering Wonder?

03-16-2003, 09:02 PM

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Another Theory on Steering Wonder?

I took my truck in to have the block heater replaced last week and mentioned that the truck wondered from side to side of the road while driving. Not real bad but enough to where you had to keep bumping the steering back and forth the stay on the road. The tech. took my truck out for a test drive and agreed there was a problem.

He removed the steering damper and link that it was connected to and it was like driving a totally different truck. It held the road very nicely compared to before. The tech. said the steering damper and the power steering box were fighting each other and was causing the steering wonder.

I am taking the truck back tommorow morning to have the new steering damper installed. I'll keep you posted as to how the repair turns out.

These guys were VERY professional and eager to work with me. I highly recommend them. Sisk Dodge in Hopkinville, KY. They even did the 3 cylinder warmup activation to boot. The tech said it would take him only about 5 minutes to complete. He also showed me information on reflashes to increase power but we both agreed to not mess with success since the truck is running great and gets 20 - 21 mpg. Only has a tad over 7,000 miles on it.

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