this got to get fixed there's just way too much play in the steering wheel, that's
having to work it constantly. Hey there! On this episode of Tony's Ford's and Mustangs I'm going
to try to address and diagnose why my 1970 over here when I drive down the road is requiring this,
constant steering adjustments. I have an idea, I think I know what's going, on but I'll take
you through the process of diagnosing what's happening. Maybe you have a similar issue in your
older muscle car. The first thing I got to do here is get this thing up in the air. If you don't have
a lift you know, get a lift, but if you have jack stands you can do this on jack stands but the
wheels need to be off the ground. You need to be able to move things around the suspension to try
to figure out where that loose point is or what's causing that that play. Okay so the first thing I'm
going to look for is play in the wheel bearings. I'm just going to take the tire and just shake
her around see if there's really any play there. These are new wheel bearings they were repacked
erases there's not a whole lot going on there, my lower ball joints don't have a lot of play
in them they seem to be okay, same with the uppers, bushings here look good. Now this is a non-power
steering car so I can get the full level of travel because I have the key on. Turn to turn and check
this thing out, but there's not a whole lot of play here. Everything looks actually pretty decent.
But there's just not a lot of... I can feel a little bit there. Where's that coming from?
Let's pull in there
Okay there's one of my issues right there.
Okay see that play in there that shouldn't be there.
That play is what's causing my...
This things shot.
That's causing my issues. I don't really have it there so much as
right there.
That thing shouldn't be moving like that. I'm going to order it in because it's
it's 60 bucks for a Moog off of RockAuto if I go to AutoZone or Advance it's like $120.
So I'm gonna save the sixty dollars and order it online.
This is a relatively easy removal process. I got a cotter pin I need to remove.
The castle nut will come down. I'll use a ball joint separator on the lower knuckle. I've got
two bolts that go through the frame. Both 9/16 so just have to put an open end wrench on one side
socket on the other. Down they come. The nice thing about this part being the bad one is
it won't require me to get the car aligned again as i'm not actually doing anything to the steering
geometry. You'll see a lot of videos on the internet where people are just gonna say "Hey
do a steering box adjustment." It's not always gonna be the answer. That's why it's best to get
your car up in the air and kind of move things around. Shake the wheel around a little bit.
I've got somewhat of a pry bar here. I can use this to kind of see if there's movement or play in it.
Everything in here needs to be tight. So from your tie rod ends, to your ball joints, to your wheel
bearings. All that stuff needs to be tight. I have turn with the wheel. When I turn the wheel the
wheels turn so there's no play in the steering box. So there's my issue the parts out I have to wait
for the new one to come in it's going to be a few days it's basically the opposite of the de-install.
It's not really a big deal, but the way I was able to isolate it was to to get in there and shake
things around and move the steering through there and find out where the play is, and that's what
you need to do as well. Don't guess don't look on YouTube and say hey I'm playing my steering
you know what's going on and you're going to get somebody that's going to say hey here's your
answer, but it may or may not be. You adjust that steering box wrong you can have some real problems.
If you go down too far it'll bind up. If you go up too far it also bind up and you may be like
me there's really no play in the steering box it's it's fine it's adjusted where it needs to be. Okay
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