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- Low fluid level
- Fluid aeration
- Steering gear
- Power steering pump
- Loose or damaged steering linkage
- Loose or damaged suspension component(s)
- Steering column
- Steering column boot bushing
- Intermediate shaft
- Loose dash boot seal
- Drive belt
- Drive belt tensioner.
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- Steering is very difficult/very easy
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- Seized intermediate shaft U-joints
- Damaged, fractured steering column bearing(s)
- Steering gear
- Power steering pump
- Power steering hoses
- Ball joints
- Strut bearing plate (if applicable)
- Binding dash boot seal
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- Excessive steering wheel play
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- Steering gear
- Steering column
- Steering column bearings
- Steering column intermediate shaft
- Steering linkage
- Ball joints
- Strut bearing plate (if applicable)
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- Steering system drift/pull/wander
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- Tire pressure
- Wheel alignment
- Steering gear
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- Unevenly loaded vehicle
- Steering column intermediate shaft
- Strut bearing plate (if applicable)
- Frame alignment
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- CORRECT the vehicle loading as necessary.
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- Loose, worn or damaged tie-rod
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- Loose, worn or damaged tie-rod ends
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- Loose or damaged steering gear insulators or bolts
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- INSTALL new steering gear insulators or bolts if necessary, or TIGHTEN the bolts as needed.
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- Loose steering column shaft U-joint or pinch bolts
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- INSTALL a new steering column and pinch bolts or TIGHTEN the pinch bolts as needed. REFER to STEERING COLUMN
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- Loose suspension bushings, fasteners, ball joints, or strut bearing plate (if applicable)
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- Worn or damaged steering column bearing(s)
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- Poor returnability/sticky steering
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- Binding lower steering column shaft U-joints
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- Loose, worn or damaged front wheel knuckle tie-rod
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- Loose, worn or damaged tie-rod ends
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- Binding steering column bearing(s).
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- INSTALL a new dash boot seal.
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- Loose, worn or damaged tie-rod end
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