What's normal or what's acceptable? Do your trucks do this too? I never noticed mine until this week. I've had the truck for 25 years.
I attached two pics to show how much movement my steering shaft has. These videos were taken immediately after I installed the new steering columns shafts with the truck on blocks. I am curious to see if the "wobble" gets worse after driving it.
I replaced: 2) UCA, 2) LCA, pitman arm, idler arm, idler arm mount, upper and lower tie rod ends, steering gear, upper and lower intermediate steering shaft, stabilizer bar/sway bar bushings, sway bar end links. (i think this is everything)
After putting everything back together i noticed the steering shaft rubbing the headers and the out of roundness. Then, i looked at the old lower intermediate steering shaft i removed and it has wear marks on it. It has been rubbing the headers due to it's out of roundness also, but i never new it.
steering-boot-wobble-91325_omrNFqoJ.mp4
steering-shaft-rub-header-91325_HfulQZBl.mp4