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Re: How to Repair Loose Steering
nickrahn #602959 February 19th 2013 12:51 pm
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Glad for the info and pics. My coupler has way too much play in it and the wander as well as over steer is as annoying as it is scary at times. Hoping to get at it in the next few days. Just finished a complete front end rebuild/overhaul in my 92 Dodge B250. Everything but the steering box was replaced, all of the tie rods. New upper arms, both lower ball joints, both idlers, etc. Then had it aligned. New heavy duty shocks on all 4 corners as well. Even the shop tech said the steering coupler was probably the culprit, but alignment was dead on. Hope the coupler rebuild will solve the issue. Let y'all know.

Re: How to Repair Loose Steering
nickrahn #603237 February 20th 2013 6:08 pm
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I did mine last month. What a difference.


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Re: How to Repair Loose Steering
nickrahn #603252 February 20th 2013 8:12 pm
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Some pics I posted 2.5 years ago on this topic no longer show up.

Here they are again:

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I went with the U joint because
I thought my OEM coupler was beyond rebuilding:
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Re: How to Repair Loose Steering
nickrahn #603674 February 24th 2013 12:20 am
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The pot coupler needs to be serviced occasionally with a new grease fill. No one does it as part of any routine maintenance. When your steering gets sloppy on ANY RWD US Mopar built between 1963 and 1993, this needs to be looked at FIRST, because it is something that 99.7% of all Mopar owners ignore, until things get really scary. If that is good, the steering box adjustment procedure described about halfway through the thread needs to be checked. THEN, check alignment and such. There is a difference between "sloppy steering" and a front end that is out of alignment, needing ball joints or tie rod ends, etc.

As part of the replacement procedure, the steering column MUST be dropped and removed from the coupler before a full service can begin.


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Re: How to Repair Loose Steering
nickrahn #650977 February 04th 2014 8:36 pm
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Thanks for all the info on this topic guys! Had very loose steering on a 1991 Dodge B350 with less than 100k miles.

After buying the steering coupler rebuild kit at Autozone for $8.00 and installing the new parts [well most of them] everything is working fine now.

Scooped out all of the old grease inside coupler and found some broken pieces [one shoe and 1/2 shoe spring] but not all of the pieces. Not sure where the other shoe and 1/2 of the shoe spring went - pushed out through seal?

Just glad I had some steering control after seeing those broken pieces.

Anyways without the info from this forum I am not sure I would have tackled this job or even known what to order.

Re: How to Repair Loose Steering
nickrahn #651132 February 05th 2014 6:20 pm
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Welcome to the site Micheal....


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Re: How to Repair Loose Steering
nickrahn #665681 July 08th 2014 3:08 pm
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Hi Guys, just thinking of doing the UJ mod on my 92 B250, however my steering column is the same as the pics shown here


https://www.vanning.com/threads/ubbthreads.php/topics/602959/4

Has anyone done the UJ mod with this column?

Can this column be cut back to near the gear linkage and reveal the DD section so the DD shaft can be inserted into the column as shown in the pics further down the page, or is there no DD section?

Any help appreciated as in the UK as it's not easy here to get another column ;)

Thanks very much



Re: How to Repair Loose Steering
nickrahn #680026 January 21st 2015 12:31 pm
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I got one of these couplers for Reed a yr ago. They still had a few couplers left.

http://www.abtruckparts.com/


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ONE FOR THE DIRT & ONE FOR THE STREETS
'93 CHEVY G30 454 4X4 SPORTVAN EXT 146" WB
'92 CHEVY G30 454 BEAUVILLE EXT 146" WB
Re: How to Repair Loose Steering
wrcsixeight #688880 May 20th 2015 10:23 pm
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Greetings "wresixeight"...your photos were a big help...that's the first coupler that looks like my 85 Dodge B150 van..318 eng. could you tell me where to buy a u-joint like the one you replaced your pot coupler with? Your u-joint replacement looks way better than what the van was built with. From the parts stores, I keep getting a Dorman Part No. 425-253 for replacement, which looks to be for a "rag joint" flange type coupler...not like mine..I haven't removed mine yet, couldn't tell if the upper shaft needs to raise by removal or not yet...repairing anything in the lower steering shaft is new ground for me other than adjusting the lock nut on the allen head fitting on the gear box...that made big difference in taking out play in steering wheel, but it needs a full fix. Thanks for any leads. MonsoonKid

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