01-23-2012, 09:43 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Lancaster, TX / Winchester, VA
Name: Rick
Age: 44
Posts: 494
Ram Year: 2001
Engine: 5.9L CTD 24v 6 hole Bolt-action
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Originally Posted by tragikk
Yet another word of caution on this.
When you rebuild these steering boxes you have to set the preload on the input side (the side your steering shaft connects to) then after inserting the sector shaft you have to get your over center adjustment which is a combination of the preload + the adjustment of the adjuster on the sector shaft.
I am only over explaining this in hopes that everyone understands that it only takes very small adjustments to make the box bind up. you will notice this easily with a bar style torque wrench on the bench but you will never do it properly on the truck.
The only real solution would be to replace or rebuild.
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This is true, but to add to it, if you're adjusting the box's preload and over-centers, the box is due for a rebuild, anyway 
These "in-truck" adjustments are merely band-aids for the inevitable.
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