To adjust the steering box, you need the wheels off the ground and you need to turn the wheels from right to left. and then adjust. Beautiful truck by the way.
my 73 has a 4 inch lift with 35's after playing with the Jungle Jim of pitman arms and the slack steering box, i believe i am going to replace the steering wheel box with a 2wd and get a crossover kit from Offroad Designs and a Reid knuckle for the passenger side. i guess you can also replace the stock steering shaft with one from an old jeep grand Cherokee or something as well.
I read the cross over steering only helps with extreme articulations, which I likely won't be experiencing. I did measure my axles, and my front left wheel is a little further back than the passenger's wheel. Hmmmm.
Ya that's handling pretty sketchy . Think it might be a good start to grab a tape measure and verify wheelbase is equal on both sides . Wheels are all centered in the wheel wells and that all wheels are the same offset . ( I had one 7" wheels and three 8" width wheels and It drove me nuts troublrshooting and it steered horribly . Truck looks great 👍 all back together
@@CrankAddict yes! pull the hub off and pull out the axle that ujoint is your problem. I bought one a few years ago with the same problem. turn and turn then all of the sudden it would turn really sharp and throw me into the other lane. I didnt believe those joints would do it either but when i took them out the 1 was seized in 1 direction which was causing the issue. after i changed them the truck drove like dream!
To adjust the steering box, you need the wheels off the ground and you need to turn the wheels from right to left. and then adjust. Beautiful truck by the way.
I had a 1974 Jimmy back in the 70's, it rode like a tank. I think if the front end was an IFS, would of been a lot more fun to drive.
my 73 has a 4 inch lift with 35's after playing with the Jungle Jim of pitman arms and the slack steering box, i believe i am going to replace the steering wheel box with a 2wd and get a crossover kit from Offroad Designs and a Reid knuckle for the passenger side. i guess you can also replace the stock steering shaft with one from an old jeep grand Cherokee or something as well.
I read the cross over steering only helps with extreme articulations, which I likely won't be experiencing. I did measure my axles, and my front left wheel is a little further back than the passenger's wheel. Hmmmm.
Ya that's handling pretty sketchy . Think it might be a good start to grab a tape measure and verify wheelbase is equal on both sides . Wheels are all centered in the wheel wells and that all wheels are the same offset . ( I had one 7" wheels and three 8" width wheels and It drove me nuts troublrshooting and it steered horribly . Truck looks great 👍 all back together
good idea. I never thought about the chance that maybe one of the springs are reversed.
Looks like the drivers wheel is about 1/2" too far back.
your steering problem is axle ujoints
Do you mean the U joints in the front hubs? I wouldn't think that would have an effect on steering.
@@CrankAddict yes! pull the hub off and pull out the axle that ujoint is your problem. I bought one a few years ago with the same problem. turn and turn then all of the sudden it would turn really sharp and throw me into the other lane. I didnt believe those joints would do it either but when i took them out the 1 was seized in 1 direction which was causing the issue. after i changed them the truck drove like dream!