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The steering is loose on my 1997 Chevrolet blazer. I replaced the steering box, which helped a lot, but it still has about an inch of play in the steering
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my S-10 has a fuse relay box under the hood (Square box about 6 inches with a thumbscrew knob in the center) it's not too obvious with all the emissions junk in there. Hope this helps.
LOOk on the top of the steering box in the middle there is a stud with a nut threaded onto it this is the adjustmemt for steering wheel play . Loosen the nut and take a stright head screw driver put it in the slot in the stud and turn it in . rembember you should have an inch or so free play in the steering wheel this will tighten it up then tighten the nut back down
Sounds like you need another shop, Most of the items that would cause your problem should be found by the shop alignment tech. Some things to check, tires: mismatched size or type, separating belts. bent, warped or unbalanced wheels, steering box play (internal slop), loose steering box from frame, congealed fix a flat in one of the tires, worn out or broken shocks, loose wheel bearings, problem could be in the rear tires and felt through the seat. if shimmy is while braking , your rotors will need surfacing or replacing. Not a lot of info was provided. 2 wheel drive or 4, big tires or stock, how quickly did problem start... Good luck
You need to check your front end very close. Start by making sure the ball joints and all 4 tie rod ends are tight, zero movement by hand. Also check the pittman arm, off the steering box and the idler arm, from the frame on passenger side. They should not have any play. Work all the tie rod ends on the drag link, which hooks them together. Sometimes the holes in it will wear. The tie rods shouldn't move in it. Have a look at the control arm bushings. If they are squished out and noticably cracked then they need to be replaced. Check both the uppers and lowers.
If that all checks out then the problem is wear in the steering box and that does have some adjustment but not really enough to take 2" of play without making other problems. You'll have to replace it. Hope this helps.
Have the front end alignment checked as it may the cause of wandering. With the truck parked and the steering centered, but the engine running, wiggle the steering wheel back and forth while watching the left front wheel. It should respond to the steering action without any observable slack. Have someone watch both front wheels while doing this and see if there is slack between the two wheels. Any slack here is indicative of slop in the cross-wheel coupling. Hope this helps!
Replace the steering box - check junkyard for one of similar model/year or ask Pep Boys to help by cross ref. your make/yr with others. Pep Boys will even install for you.
check the idle arm
where is the idle arm???
my 2000 chrysler has the same issue...
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