MistahYebba
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- City, State
- Clearwater, Florida
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2005 Ford Explorer XLT
Recently replaced my PS Gearbox because there was play in the gearbox and also it was leaking from the gearbox and I was tired of refilling my PS fluid. 2 questions resulted from this...
1. After replacing, the steering wheel is slightly ****ed to the left now. How is this possible? There is only like... 1 way to put the gear 'stem' that comes out of the Gearbox into the steering shaft because there is a flat top???
And there are only 4 possible ways to put the pitman arm onto the PS Gearbox and only 1 way is correct... because of knotches... so why is it crooked?
2. I replaced it hoping it would help with a sway when driving... and since the steering is a little more firm now, it does help... but today it was kind of windy here in Florida... and a firm gust of wind made me literally go from driving in the middle lane to halfway in the left lane in a split second! My heart dropped and I re-centered myself very quickly.
What could cause a sway like this from just some simple wind??? Very scary and dangerous.
I just want to point out that when I did the gearbox I noticed that on the driver's side, you know how there are sort of 2 sides to sway bar bushings? One whole side of the rubber of the sway bar bushings was hanging on by a thread so I just tore it off.
Are sway bar bushings important? What's the point of a sway bar?
1. After replacing, the steering wheel is slightly ****ed to the left now. How is this possible? There is only like... 1 way to put the gear 'stem' that comes out of the Gearbox into the steering shaft because there is a flat top???
And there are only 4 possible ways to put the pitman arm onto the PS Gearbox and only 1 way is correct... because of knotches... so why is it crooked?
2. I replaced it hoping it would help with a sway when driving... and since the steering is a little more firm now, it does help... but today it was kind of windy here in Florida... and a firm gust of wind made me literally go from driving in the middle lane to halfway in the left lane in a split second! My heart dropped and I re-centered myself very quickly.
What could cause a sway like this from just some simple wind??? Very scary and dangerous.
I just want to point out that when I did the gearbox I noticed that on the driver's side, you know how there are sort of 2 sides to sway bar bushings? One whole side of the rubber of the sway bar bushings was hanging on by a thread so I just tore it off.
Are sway bar bushings important? What's the point of a sway bar?