My 95 2WD with factory size tires (going to 31x10.5x15 soon) has a little drift in her. When I am driving on the freeway, it seems to drift back and forth a little bit. Would a steering damper REALLY help or is it a loose/bad steering box?

 

Sounds like an alignment issue , check your steering joints lately? The pitman arm joint is a common one for swaying.

 

thanks for the comment...so a damper would not probably fix?

 

There's a thread on here about a cracked frame near the steering column causing steering issues. Check all of your front steering and suspension and check the frame while your down there.

 

I'd get an alignment and have them check out everything in the frontend. A steering damper is too often used as a bandaid fix for worn steering components.

 

It's just a shock for the steering. All it does is keep the wheel from jerking as hard when you hit a hole or rock.

 

My frame is fine... What would be the most common part to replace to tighten up the steering? To remove or dampen the drifting.

 

Tie rod ends and ball joints. Also the rag joint in the steering column or the steering box itself

 

The steering box!! That sounds bad if that is it. Is it adjustable?

 

Yes, but check EVERYTHING before you do ANYTHING to the steering box

if you are 110% sure the drag link, tie rods, steering column joint and ball joints are all good and strong, then go ahead and adjust the box.

There is an adjustment nut on the steering box, you need to crack loose the lock nut and tighten the adjustment screw 1/8 of a turn at a time, this is important!

Too tight or too far and you will burn out your steering box and have no power steering whatsoever, and you can't back off the adjustment to correct it.

Do a 1/8" turn at a time, then go for a drive. If it feels like its gotten better, don't adjust it any more.

My old steering box had allot of slop and was leaking out of the seals, so went ahead with a new one. And that nut was pre-adjusted for it, so its not tight and responsive as a newer vehicle would be, but I have very little play in my steering.....

Unless my tires are running low on air, which i have to fix one day.