Tight steering

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Tmann

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I’ve got a 2018 Ram 1500 4x4 with 50,000
Miles on it. The truck has a 6” Rough Country lift. Recently the steering doesn’t want correct itself. I installed a new intermediate steering shaft but didn’t fix the problem. Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks
 

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Tight before lift kit or only after. Rough country are not well made kits and anyone that did the install should know better than to use one. 6" lift takes a lot of extra parts to keep all the angles and geometry right and RC kits typically don't get that right.
 
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I’ve only had it a month and the lift was already on it. But it has gotten worse since I’ve had it.
 

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If it's a 6" lift you're wanting, then remove the RC components and do it with better all encompassing components ;)
 
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To be honest I’m really considering dropping it to a 4” lift. Just hope that it fixes the problem.
 

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You can run a 6 inch lift if u want but any lift/level over 2 inches needs to be really well designed. Either take it back to stock or spend the extra cost for a top notch lft system. There are a ton of threads on here laying out good ones and all the stuff that is needed. There are also some great vendors on here that are experts on the subject and well worth contacting.
 
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