My steering is pretty sloppy right now, I'm going to give this a shot. Thanks!

 

you bet, i was really impressed on how much it helped. Now i just have to get used to driving without constantly turning my hand back and forth.

Does anyone know what happens if you tighten that screw too much?

 

you bet, i was really impressed on how much it helped. Now i just have to get used to driving without constantly turning my hand back and forth.

Does anyone know what happens if you tighten that screw too much?

I'm still struggling with this! I was going to adjust my steering box, but warranty ended up just replacing the whole thing. But now I am constantly over correcting and what not. just out of habit. lol

 

yep same here. i am guessing it will go away with time. but now i really swerve all over the place.

 

I was told that the excessive play was because it's a TRUCK and not a car. What could I use to determine if it's excessive or not. I sure would like to have the dealership eat this one.

 

wow i have sloppy steering...i have to look into this

 

Can u over tighten the screw????? Or will it adjust up???

 

You can over tighten it. It will have tight spots and return to center issues.

 

How many rounds do u think i should turn it?

 

1/4 turn at a time and take it for a spin. I wouldn't do more than 2 full turns.

 

I know this is an old thread, but how in the heck do you get to the adjustment screw with all the crap in the way.

 

Bit curious bout this as well. He made it sound pretty easy?

 

A lot of cursing I would imagine, can anyone confirm this adjustment is on a 2009 6.4?

 

I did mine last weekend. Its a ***** if your arms are bigger than a 12 year old girls! You gotta squeeze your right arm between intercooler and coolant hoses, balance with left arm and hold flashlight with your teeth to see what your doing. I did get it done in bout 1.5hrs. Still have bruised bicep and forearm. The mental trauma is fading though.

 

Hmm I finally got visual of what appears to be the screw. No sort of allen key bolt though. Just two nuts. Is this the adjuster? It is right on top surrounded by 4 other smaller bolts.

 

That's the right part. Remove the top nut completely. Use a grease pen to mark the location of the allen screw. Break loose the lock nut holding it. It usually moves the allen screw with it is why its important to mark its location. I adjusted mine 1/2 turn in. The hard part is trying to move the allen screw without moving the locknut, all with one hand. A person helping through the wheel well would make it much easier.

 

Thanks for the advice! I will tackle this when the weather gets a bit better and I can curse in sunshine rather than rain.

 

I have a 2014 with a 4.5 inch lift and drop pitman arm. It just seems like there is way more play in the wheel than their should be after the lift was installed. The pitman arm is dead on balls tight, no issues there.

I had someone wiggle the wheel back and forth while I looked at the input shaft and pitman arm. In doing so, I see the steering input shaft going back and forth quite a bit and I see very little movement of the pitman arm. So the play is clearly in the steering box. The truck only has 22K on it, about 10K of that is with the lift.

Should I try adjusting the steering box? I just don't want try and solve one problem and create another.

 

I would lift the front end first and see how much play is actually in the box. You can adjust it, but you don't want to adjust it too much. How long did it take from being "good" to being "bad"?


Mine was similar and ended up completely breaking (I didn't adjust it). I replaced it with a Red Head steering box.

 

I just did this on a 2014. It felt really sloppy. Prior to adjusting you could wiggle the wheel back and forth at least 30 degrees without even moving the pitman arm. I could see the steering shaft going back and forth with zero movement on the pitman arm. Now its down to about 6 degrees until the pitman arm moves. I just hope I didn't make it to tight. I found that a 1/4 turn didn't do anything I end up doing about 1.5 turns in before it felt like it was taking up slack. I lifted the front off the ground and even disconnected the stabilizer and moved the wheels back and forth fully to both sides. I didn't hear or feel any binding.

Has anyone had any issues doing an adjustment on the 2011-current trucks? I hope I can keep it the way it is, because it feels so much better now.