I hit 202,000 miles on my Ram, still runs great, just a few problems, loose steering- replaced trac bar, ball joints, and shocks, i tightened the steering gear box but its still loose, would replacing tie rods help a lot? My other issue is the cracked dash, been looking at junk yards for em, but no luck so far... any suggestions besides a carpet pad?

Kurt
1996 Dodge Ram 2500 4x4 5.9L

 

There are two adjustments on the steering box, one of them is fair easy on the truck, the other one is a LOT easier with the box removed.

Grab a friend, and have them rock the steering wheel back and forth just to the point of where they feel resistance, while you look at the moving parts, and see which ones are moving too much.

 

ill give it a go, which parts should i be looking too be moving too much

 

whichever part is moving to much lol...look at all pivot points, and also i have loose steering as well (204K miles) and ive replaced everything in the front end, except the gearbox...and when i did a power steering flush, it made things much better.

 

haha alright anything lose fair enough, ill take a look, and i also am going to do a power steering flush, havent done that yet, thanks for the help, o and did u have to replace your dash at all because of the cracking or just lived with it

 

you dont have to replace the dash unless the vin # breaks off then its illegal

 

so i did a steering flush and tightened my steering box, helped a bit, i am long over due for to replace steering damper which i am doing today, but i recently replaced my oxygen sensor precat, about 3 days ago, and its been running wierd, the CEL came back on after i changed it and cleared codes, and came up as running too rich and too lean

 

Whining about BOTH???? Check your fuel pressure......

Also, what brand sensor did you buy?

 

its a bosch O2 sensor

 

I have heard rumors that our trucks don't really like the bosch sensors..... NGK I think is the manufacturer of choice..... would be interesting to see the data, and what the sensor is reporting to the PCM...