Let Down Big Time

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metalwolf69

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Well here I am in Fort Wayne indiana going to truck driver school. I'm here for the refresher course since I have my cfl it's just be awaile since I drove. I spent the first day at school. I get to my truck to leave to go back to the hotel room. When I turn the wheel it's making a Horid sound and is hard to turn. I make it to napa auto down the road to see if they can tell me what's wrong with it. They had no idea so I had to crawl the truck next door to the garage. Now it's harder then hell to turn. The guy told me something is wrong with the pinion He said if it's that and if something is wrong with the powersteering it could cost me as much as $700.00 He is going to check it out tomorrow morning and let me know hor much it is going to cost. All I got to say is ******* dodge. I'm thinkin about looking at fords..... Plus I'm between jobs and damn near broke to top it off
 

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Interesting, maybe you lift/level put extra strain on it
 

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wow talk about a kick in the nuts !!

and good luck with the furd ... you wanna talk about a downgrade .
 

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I guess Fords never break down? LOL..........damn, my uncle wouldn't have a job (he's a Ford tech).

Hopefully its nothing crazy dude. Good luck!!
 

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Did you check out your Power steering pump...?
Mine went out not too long ago and it sounded awful when i tried turning it and it was nearly impossible to drive. It felt like....well it felt like I had no power steering. Good luck
 

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sorry to hear that man, but all Brands of vehicles have problems.
 

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sorry to hear that man, but all Brands of vehicles have problems.

Exactly. Why would you be upset if your truck had problems? Everything will break down with time. Even a Furd will break down at some point. How can you be upset if something breaks? It's a vehicle. They all break man. Doesn't mean you should change up vehicles for a breakdown man.
 

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Yeah, I got a quote of $600 for a Rack & Pinion replacement. Price out the parts and see if you can't do it with a little help or in the hotel parking lot. Good luck...
 

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If you can turn it you can drive it. number one rule too driving a truck, always roll your tires when steering. you can't turn a non rolling tire with out power steering, See ya on the big road brother.
 

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My Guess Pump Related! I got Ford to Thank for aquiring 2 Roller Cabinets Full of Tools before I got Rammed 3 Years Ago! Keep the Faith, Man, Things will work out!
 
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First off after a calmed down last night my dad helped me realize that she didn't let me down. She could have broke down in the middle of no where. At least she got me to the refresher school. So I guess when I het my truck back I'm going to have to appologize to her. Turns out my pinion was shot. Right now they are putting on a new one and see if the power steering pump was damaged. So far I'm up to $570.00. Time to make phone calls to gather the money up.
 

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sorry its going to cost you, it sucks balls but is part of car ownership.
 

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I figured the pinion would be a Haynes manual and driveway job....but for an 8 year old truck, how much maintenance has it really needed other than the norm?
 

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yeah i dont see the poin of dumping a brand because something goes wrong. if this were like the 5th time or the 10th thing yeah maybe. i have had 5 rams and do a little extra on the pm, never a problem with one other than the tree i put in my 99. maintenance sucks but it is necessary for all machines. dodge rules
 

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good luck with the repair man. Hope the cost don't grow much more for ya. I got to agree with all previously posted, no need to dump a brand cuz of a major repair. I'm very pro Dodge because of the service I have gotten out of the last few I have owned but sometime **** happens man. Good luck with it.
 

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I'm pro dodge cuz the saleswoman had nice ****!!
 
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So me and durty gurl are on good terms. I said sorry to her (aka 93 octane). The morons over at 4 wheel online who installed the leveling kit andbody lift never lowered the pinion so the 5 or 6 inchs of lift is pulling down on the pinion and when I do full turns I'm twisting the whole thing. So until I got the money to get her adjusted I can only turn her 1 full rotation and I'm fine.
 

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how long ago was the body lift installed? could you go back after the shop for the money since they screwed up?
 
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