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Originally Posted by Stan R
I have a '71 Goat with manual steering and comparable mileage and had a similar issue with about a 20-degree rotation of the steering wheel between the points where the wheels would start to turn. In my case the fix was very simple...turning in the pitman shaft lash adjuster screw until all lash was removed between the ball nut and sector gear teeth. I should have done this years ago instead of putting up with the sloppy steering action.
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That's the second (extremely easy) adjustment that often gets cranked-down too tight, in compensation for the first adjustment (more difficult/involved) that's maybe not tight enough.
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Originally Posted by Schurkey
And of course, BOTH adjustments. The common problem is that the second adjustment is too tight, because the first adjustment is too loose, and they're trying to compensate.
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