rickrat
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Truck was wandering all over the road. I replaced the rag joint, problem fixed.
Only thing that sucked is that Ford press fit the original joint. Had to remove the steering linkage and drill it out. Then I ended up having to modify another rag joint to work.
All is well now though! If anyone else has steering slop, its well worth it to check the rag joint. Even though mine looked good, it had "softened" up enough that it flexed like crazy resulting in play.
Only thing that sucked is that Ford press fit the original joint. Had to remove the steering linkage and drill it out. Then I ended up having to modify another rag joint to work.
All is well now though! If anyone else has steering slop, its well worth it to check the rag joint. Even though mine looked good, it had "softened" up enough that it flexed like crazy resulting in play.