My friend just replaced his steering gearbox now his truck will go completely straight but if you make a sudden jerk you almost end up in the ditch on the other side of the dich

Asked by PJC2019 Oct 08, 2017 at 10:22 PM about the Dodge Ramcharger

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

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There should be an adjusting set screw locked down with a nut on top of the gear box. This gets adjusted to take out play in the gear box. If this is adjusted too tight, turned in too far, would cause erratic steering. It does not take much adjustment for this to happen. Try backing it off 1 turn.

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