2001 2500 24valve steering

[NIsaacs]

21 hours ago, ruedger455 said:

O  I should probably replace both of them but money is tight right now.

 

You might find a good used one, shaft and all. They appear to fit from 94-02. The 4x2 should fit but it is the quick ratio, might get you by for a while tho, if you can't find 4x4. If you need your truck like yesterday, Napa or O'Reilly have reasonable prices on rebuilt with lifetime warranty. 

 

I also recommend you fix the hydroboost leak. If it is not leaking into the cab, a seal kit is only $20. They might sound hard to fix, but they are not. If it is leaking into the cab, then it is more difficult to work on, but a rebuilt is $200. Keep us posted. 

[ruedger455]

On 10/16/2018 at 7:56 AM, NIsaacs said:

 

You might find a good used one, shaft and all. They appear to fit from 94-02. The 4x2 should fit but it is the quick ratio, might get you by for a while tho, if you can't find 4x4. If you need your truck like yesterday, Napa or O'Reilly have reasonable prices on rebuilt with lifetime warranty. 

 

I also recommend you fix the hydroboost leak. If it is not leaking into the cab, a seal kit is only $20. They might sound hard to fix, but they are not. If it is leaking into the cab, then it is more difficult to work on, but a rebuilt is $200. Keep us posted. 

Yea I need to fix the hydroboost leak but I havent a clue on how to do it.  I got the new gearbox and new shaft in tonight and its still pretty sloppy steering.  Thought that the new shaft and gearbox would tighten it up alot.  But it didn't. 

[Dieselfuture]

Have you done the rock solid bushing yet. Track bar has a lot to do with it too.

[dave110]

18 minutes ago, Dieselfuture said:

Have you done the rock solid bushing yet. 

Now that you bring those up, whats the general consensus on that these days? Was quite a controversial thing on CF years ago. Many said it was so tight you could barely turn the wheel. I shied away from it. Maybe those issues have been fixed?

[ruedger455]

Yea I'm not a fan of the rock solid bushing.  And my track bar is a bd diesel adjustable tracker.  Big and heavy duty.  Im gonna go through and replace all my tie rods next maybe that will help.

[Dieselfuture]

7 hours ago, dave110 said:

Now that you bring those up, whats the general consensus on that these days? Was quite a controversial thing on CF years ago. Many said it was so tight you could barely turn the wheel. I shied away from it. Maybe those issues have been fixed?

I put one in my truck when I was chasing some popping sounds in the steering. If helped but didn't cure, after I did over the center justment on gearbox it went away for the most part. Either way my bushing fitted nicely, took a little bit to press it in, but wasn't horrible, I did have my head off at the time doing head gasket when I installed it. I don't have any complaints about the bushing but my preloaded bearing was still in decent shape. Well at least now I don't have to worry about it.

BTW I spoke with Ryan at blue top and told them about adjusting gearbox, he sad it's not really a great idea as it's making it feel better but internally it's going to wear out faster, so I made myself feel a little better for now but I am planning on getting a new gear box eventually.

[NIsaacs]

13 hours ago, ruedger455 said:

Yea I need to fix the hydroboost leak but I havent a clue on how to do it.   

 

I just did mine last month, here are a few pictures and a little info that might help.

https://www.turbodieselregister.com/threads/weekend-maintenance-on-the-01.259915/#post-2558205