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As soon as I can I will post a picture of it. It turns out that the wire at the bottom of my steering column is holding in a bushing that is shreded and allows the bottom part of the steering shaft to play un and down. I will be getting that fixed next week so heres hoping that that bushing...

Sorry...yes your right .... There is two rag joints. One above the expansion joint and one below. So what are the one that hooks up to the steering column and the one taht hooks up to the steering box called ? I,m looking to replace that with one shaft that goes form the steering column...

I was wondering.... at the end of my steering column on my 91 FR there is a rag joint then a shaft then anoter rag joint, a slip sharft, a rage joint then finally another shaft that ends at the steering box with another rag joint. The slip shaft is attached with brackets to the frame. I...

Does anyone know where I can find the schematics for my 1991 ford explorer steering column? Especially the part that comes through the firewall. I just want to know what kinda parts I might need and how to get to them. The most I've notice is that there is a plastic cap that goes over the end...

I was wondering...Has anyone had any luck getting rid of some of the steering shimmy by installing a steering stablizer ?

thanks for the info...this forum is VERY helpfull. I'm going to start by having the steering aligned and then I'll work my way from there. Next I will be checking the pitarm for slipage and then I''ll work my way up to the steering box, rag joints. I will also jack the truck up and check...

I was just wondering...has anyone ever had the gear of the steering arm (moves the steering arms) thats connected to the gear box slip because the teeth of the arm of the gear are used up ? I noticed that the tension in the wheel skips (disapears for afraction of a second) when I'm turn hard...

Thanks for the info .....I will check the slip joint Where is the rage joint ? I did notice that under the hood where the steering collum ends. There is a bunch of wire holding the steering sharf tight as it comes out of the steering collum. There is a place on the bottom half of the...

At high speed the actual steering wheel play increases. This is very odd because I cant really thighen the set nut on the steering gear box much more. At low speed the steering it tight enough .... I would have to check the shocks in front. They seem ok but it is a 91 and of what I've seen...

Hi there, Thanks for the tips. At slow speeds there is no play in the steering wheel but at highway speed the play gets worse. As for the ball joints and tirod ends, they have been checked 3 times by a mechanic. I did check the linkage under the hood and there doesnt seem to be any...

Hi everyone, I'm new to this forum today :). My girlfirend recently bought a 1991 Ford Explorer in very good condition with 190 000 kms. I'm currently trying to fix up a few things on it to make just a little better to drive. I recently had steerring problems. The truck was wandering in...