Well, finally tightened steering rack. Clunking noise is gone, and steering is tight as..........well, you know.
So, what did I do?
- Lossened bolt on oil drip tray. Only the easy acces one at top of cross member.
- Lossened steering rack nuts, and pushed bolts upwards.
- Lossened and removed lock nut at steering rack. Used a big pipe wrench.
- Wiggled steering rack a little bit, and tightened yoke bolt with a 19mm six-point socket.
- Put back locking nut.
- I tightened 1/4 turn, mounted everything back and did a test drive. Had good improvement, and tightened two moore times. Now steering is very good.
I drove the truck up on ramps to have head room, but can be done at ground also. About 15 minutes from getting tools, to everything cleaned and ready to test drive.
As always, everyone is responsible for own work. This worked very good for me, but might not for you.
So, what did I do?
- Lossened bolt on oil drip tray. Only the easy acces one at top of cross member.
- Lossened steering rack nuts, and pushed bolts upwards.
- Lossened and removed lock nut at steering rack. Used a big pipe wrench.
- Wiggled steering rack a little bit, and tightened yoke bolt with a 19mm six-point socket.
- Put back locking nut.
- I tightened 1/4 turn, mounted everything back and did a test drive. Had good improvement, and tightened two moore times. Now steering is very good.
I drove the truck up on ramps to have head room, but can be done at ground also. About 15 minutes from getting tools, to everything cleaned and ready to test drive.
As always, everyone is responsible for own work. This worked very good for me, but might not for you.