Steering gear mesh adjustment - Diesel Forum

Stealth03TDI · 08-04-2009, 08:55 PM

My 350 has started wandering around the road, and I've noticed quite a bit of play in the steering wheel when it's parked and turned off. Reading the manual FORD says to check the steering gear mesh. My question is what is the wrench size to hold the adjusting screw while I losten and tighten the jamb nuts. None of my metric or SAE allen wrenches seem to fit well. Does one of the tech's here or anyone know what size wrench to use, or if there is a special tool required. The manual doesn't say anything about it.

Thanks!

dnewton3 · 08-11-2009, 05:14 AM

***? I hope that was an erroneous post about Mustangs ...

Your steering gear jam nut is a common size; just knock the rust/dirt off of it and one of your common wrenches will fit it. I do not recall what size it is off the top of my head.