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The steering is a lot easier, I got used to the old one I guess
Whirring noise
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The steering is a lot easier, I got used to the old one I guess
gixer2000
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Yeah, mine felt like a totally different car. I couldn't believe it
Trainmaster
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Now these things are failing? Since when? I never replaced on in my life, and I've had all my cars to at least 250K miles.
No reported failures is a clue to the design engineers that the component is over-designed, and so they change the design to save money.
gixer2000
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This has been a very common failure for the f150 and expeditions.
Corrosion starts in the U joints of the shaft and they stiffen up causing noise and tight steerinf
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I was unaware this is a common failure. Made some unsettling noises when steering at low speeds that’s for sure.
gixer2000
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Yeah Fordtechmakulo did a video about it. That's the only reason I knew about it.
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The steering is almost too smooth, I miss the old harsh truckish steering lol.
I noticed in his video he said steering loosens up as it warms up when the shaft goes bad. I had that symptom as well. He also mentioned the hydraulic steering parts are reliable and rarely fail, it’s usually this.
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Did they put back on a Ford or aftermarket part? If aftermarket, that may explain the looser steering feel. I change a leaky worn rack on my 86 Mustang GT years back. Didn't like the looser feel of the aftermarket rack, but it was in, and I just lived with it. The OEM one had a nice firm feel, the aftermarket one felt like driving a 4 door sedan.
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