Stiff Steering. HELP
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Joined: Mar 2021
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From: Bristow, VA
I wish you would have waited.
Dont let them hose you on this job. The shaft is not worn out it is rusted and binding.
This is a common problem and a little searching would have saved you a lot of money.
Get the truck back right now and purchase a can of you favorite rust breaker, I like PB Blaster, and a can of your favorite lube, I prefer Fluid Film (no solvents and not water based like many others).
Have someone in the truck slowly turn the wheel back and forth while you spray the two u joints on the shaft with the rust breaker. Once it lets loose, do the same with the can of lube. This will last at least a year before needing another treatment.
Dont let them hose you on this job. The shaft is not worn out it is rusted and binding.
This is a common problem and a little searching would have saved you a lot of money.
Get the truck back right now and purchase a can of you favorite rust breaker, I like PB Blaster, and a can of your favorite lube, I prefer Fluid Film (no solvents and not water based like many others).
Have someone in the truck slowly turn the wheel back and forth while you spray the two u joints on the shaft with the rust breaker. Once it lets loose, do the same with the can of lube. This will last at least a year before needing another treatment.
thanks!! This happened to me, made an appointment and read this. Yes, saved me the stress of taking it in and who knows how much the dealer would’ve charged.
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Joined: Dec 2021
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Put my truck into the garage yesterday, It was my closest appt. @ the Ford Dealer.
Turns out it's very serious (according to them) they said it's far to dangerous to give me back my truck until it's completly fixed, and that I certainly most deffinitly should NOT have been driving it.
I believe he called it my Steering Shaft? is completly wore out.
$1200 to fix it, labour included.
Turns out it's very serious (according to them) they said it's far to dangerous to give me back my truck until it's completly fixed, and that I certainly most deffinitly should NOT have been driving it.
I believe he called it my Steering Shaft? is completly wore out.
$1200 to fix it, labour included.
That is quite an expense for a $200 external part. I have owned, and worked on the 11th Gen's for years, and the intermediate steering shaft is a concern for ALL vehicles. There is no service to these just complete replacement. It is a bit of work but can easily be done in an afternoon. Plenty of videos out there showing great detail to replacing this shaft. Any rust penetrant followed by a good lubricant will extend its use for quite some time. Just remember this will need replacing.