Steering alignment

[Jay B]

My 1500 seemed to want to wander a bit going down the road, sometimes pulling left but usually pulling right. Also my steering wheel was turned about 10 degrees to the left while going straight. I checked air pressure, which was fine, and decided to check the front wheel alignment. Sure enough I had about 3/16" of toe in. I don't know what the official specs are for these things, but all the other Rangers I have owned called for 1/8" to 1/4" toe out. I adjusted to about 1/8" toe out and it feels quite a bit more stable. It also straightened out the steering wheel to almost perfect in the middle.

 

[Big Red]

I just checked mine and it looks fine, wheel at 12 O'clock going down the road. My XP 1000 was horrible, the toe was fine, but the steering wheel was at almost 2 O' clock going straight. Had to remove it and remount.

 

[gdh]

Mine pulls to the left. When going down the road I have pressure to the right to keep it going straight. Not much but there is pressure on the steering wheel. When stopped and steering wheel is straight wheels look OK. I will run a string from the back wheels to the front to see if one of the wheels are at a angle.

 

[d0000hos]

Mine pulls to the left. When going down the road I have pressure to the right to keep it going straight. Not much but there is pressure on the steering wheel. When stopped and steering wheel is straight wheels look OK. I will run a string from the back wheels to the front to see if one of the wheels are at a angle.

Mine is the same way. Haven't dug into the problem yet. If you find any solutions please lemme know! Thank you

 

[Skippy]

Has anyone adjusted the tie rods ? I was wondering about the inner jam nut , looks like you have to cut the band on the boot and slide it out the tie rod to get to the jam nut on the inside . I thought maybe there was only the outer jam nut .

 

[jj46]

Mine doesn't pull, but the steering wheel is a bit off, just to the left. Once the weather is better I'll probably correct this.
1/4" toe out is the spec.
The service manual states there are jam nuts on both ends of the tie rod, however, in the photos I've seen of the tie rod, I don't see an inner nut.

 

[Skippy]

Mine doesn't pull, but the steering wheel is a bit off, just to the left. Once the weather is better I'll probably correct this.
1/4" toe out is the spec.
The service manual states there are jam nuts on both ends of the tie rod, however, in the photos I've seen of the tie rod, I don't see an inner nut.

Mine doesn't pull, but the steering wheel is a bit off, just to the left. Once the weather is better I'll probably correct this.
1/4" toe out is the spec.
The service manual states there are jam nuts on both ends of the tie rod, however, in the photos I've seen of the tie rod, I don't see an inner nut.

Mine tracks really nice , the BFG KM3 tires I think have a lot to do with that . My wheel is just a little off probably 1 turn would take care of it. If I have to pull the boot to get to the nut I might forget about it…. But probably not.

 

[LowlyOilBurner]

Wheel was a little off with the factory tires, I recently installed 33” XTR370’s, it’s worse now. Pulls to the right as well.

 

[Clubin]

Wheel was a little off with the factory tires, I recently installed 33” XTR370’s, it’s worse now. Pulls to the right as well.

Add a cup of whiskey and coke to the left cup holder.

 

[Mr.C]

Add a cup of whiskey and coke to the left cup holder.

Mine pulls to the right as well. Has since day one. And the steering wheel is turned a little to the left when I’m going straight.

 

[Clubin]

Mine pulls to the right as well. Has since day one. And the steering wheel is turned a little to the left when I’m going straight.

nut holds the steering wheel on. 1” socket I think? It’s on straight splines. Mine was off a bit I took the steering wheel off and one spline over it was perfect.

 

[Mr.C]

nut holds the steering wheel on. 1” socket I think? It’s on straight splines. Mine was off a bit I took the steering wheel off and one spline over it was perfect.

Ok, thanks. How hard is it to get the steering wheel off?

 

[Big Red]

Ok, thanks. How hard is it to get the steering wheel off?

Sometimes easy, sometimes not so much. Remove the nut, use a rubber mallet and tap each side of the steering from underneath. Go back and forth while pulling up. There is a thread here talking about new steering wheels and how to replace it..

 

[Clubin]

Ok, thanks. How hard is it to get the steering wheel off?

No. I wiggled back and forth. Came off easy.

 

[jj46]

Worst case if that is really going to be your path forward, you can pick up universal steering wheel pullers for like 10 bucks..

 

[vm2]

Mine doesn't pull, but the steering wheel is a bit off, just to the left. Once the weather is better I'll probably correct this.
1/4" toe out is the spec.
The service manual states there are jam nuts on both ends of the tie rod, however, in the photos I've seen of the tie rod, I don't see an inner nut.

Same as mine . what year is yours?

 

[LowlyOilBurner]

So, I swapped the two front tires left to right, wheel is pretty much normal now, so it was in the tires. Wheel is maybe to the right 5-10degrees. I’m fine with that, that’s how it was with the factory tires.

 

[vm2]

Add a cup of whiskey and coke to the left cup holder.