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then yes, there is play/dead zones. I’d say the play is when I’m going straight, i can swoosh it side to side and you really notice the dead zone when your going around a curve, most of the time the service advance trac light comes on around the curves
no i do not have adaptive cruise
I don’t understand what you mean by “swoosh it side to side”. If you’re going straight down the road can you turn the steering wheel a bit without the truck starting to drift in that direction?
Get a helper behind the wheel. Start the truck. You lay down under the truck with a bright light, a prybar and a dead blow hammer.
Helper begins turning the wheel slowly back and forth from 10:00 to 2:00 and you inspect every single joint in the steering. Have the helper stop if you see anything that looks suspect and test it with a prybar. There should be zero movement of the joint when you pry against it. Pay special attention to the tie rod end that is connected to the steering link that goes upwards to the Pitman arm. I just replaced mine - it is long and it goes through the outer tie rod end on the drag link. When my wife cut the wheels back and forth the tie rod joint would "jump" upwards before any movement started. I smacked it with a dead blow hammer and seated it back in place and then had her cut the wheels again. It popped back up. I replaced with a greaseable MOOG unit and and my steering slop and noise are gone.
You can see how the old tie rod end is popped up in this picture:
Here's the made in USA replacement MOOG unit. Be aware - the cheaper MOOG units on Amazon are not the same - they are made in China and are not as heavy duty. I sent it back after I compared it to this one.
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