Steering question

[allen1979]

I purchased my truck about a year ago, and I feel that I'm getting more road feedback than I should. Is this common with these trucks?

 

[Jim W]

Please fill in your signature line so, we all will know what year truck you have + any mods done to the truck. Also how many miles are on the OD and was any work that has been done to the front end suck as ball joints and so, forth.
At 81,000 miles I replaced my ball joints and tie rod ends on my truck. I have than replaced the front steering stabilizer and all of the shocks at 113,000 miles.

 

[allen1979]

Thanks for the info, what ball joints and steering stabilizer should I use?

 

[cerberusiam]

Feedback does warrant changing ball joint sunless they are bad. You are going to have to "define" feedback better is there is no way to tell what the problem. It COULD ball joints or it could be a simple as you need a new steering damper. Expand the definition of what you are feeling in the steering and the conditions cause it.

A lot depends on where you live and the quality of roads you drive on. My stock ball joints the uppers were done about every 90k and the lowers went 180k before they wore out. That was running on decent roads coast to coast on the interstates. Running on beat to death hard top roads and corrugated gravel lucky to get 25-30k out of the normal sets of ball joints and steering. If you are using predominately on rough bad roads then consider DynaTrac ball joints.

You can test the ball joints for wear, visually inspect steering and track bar for slack, before just throwing parts at it. A lot of steering ARE the shocks and tires sop before buying into replacing eveyrhting for death wobble or its variants do thme first with a shock and tire adequate for a heavy in the front truck.