steering problems

SnakeEyeSS · January 8, 2003

On my way home from school, the wheel started to seem tougher to control, so I let go of the wheel and the truck went sharply left. I pulled over to check it out: tire are good, all rods look good, and one boot looks to be going soon. nothing that would cause this sudden mal-alignment?

Normal use dosen't case something like this in one day, the wheel now has to be turned about 15-25 degrees left and held there to keep it straight.

it had that "flat feel" when I would let of the gas, like it was flopping a bad tire.

Firetiger(MN) · January 8, 2003

Power steering pump?

02Blue · January 8, 2003

Brake/wheel cylinder problem on one wheel?

Wingnut · January 9, 2003

Had a friend last week with that problem. He broke a bolt on his upper control arm.

New bolts were around 9 bucks from a fastener store and it took me about 20 minutes to put them on.

If the actual control arm is broke, it will cost a wee bit more to fix.

Just my .02

asepgrad98 · January 9, 2003

check the tire psi and cross rotate teh front tires to see if it starts pulling the otehr way,

caddelma · January 9, 2003

check the tire psi and cross rotate teh front tires to see if it starts pulling the otehr way,

I agree. Tire may have broken a belt. Had this happen twice on my furd ranger with the same set of firestone firehawks ss tires. Had the tires rotated and didn't make it out of the parking lot it pulled so bad. They rotated the front two and the pull went the other way. After the second one went, I replaced all of them. They still had plenty of tread and I kept the air pressure up.

SnakeEyeSS · January 10, 2003

okay this is wierd, it corrected it self within a few hours, drive almost perfectly straight now, and I know that it want the road I was on, cause I drive them everyday. OH WELL!!