des456
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- August 18, 2007
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- City, State
- Sheboygan Falls, WI
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 1991 XLT
My friends 91 Explorer is having some steering problems. I read a bunch of threads but nothing is an exact match to the problem.
So here it is.......BTW This started during a huge rainstorm.
When you take a turn to the right it wants to keep going right same as when you turn left. The steering doesn't want to come back to center on it's own.
When you manually steer back to center it is ok except for a drift to the right
from a much needed front end alignment.
I though that perhaps the hubs were an issue so I totally disabled the 4x4 by removing the components inside the hubs. (retaining pins were sheared off anyway)
This did not correct the situation.
I do plan on working on it next week - first to check for ball joint issues and general lubrication.
Any ideas on what else I should look at ?? Could the power steering have anything to do with this ?
Thanks in advance
So here it is.......BTW This started during a huge rainstorm.
When you take a turn to the right it wants to keep going right same as when you turn left. The steering doesn't want to come back to center on it's own.
When you manually steer back to center it is ok except for a drift to the right
from a much needed front end alignment.
I though that perhaps the hubs were an issue so I totally disabled the 4x4 by removing the components inside the hubs. (retaining pins were sheared off anyway)
This did not correct the situation.
I do plan on working on it next week - first to check for ball joint issues and general lubrication.
Any ideas on what else I should look at ?? Could the power steering have anything to do with this ?
Thanks in advance