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Steering drifts on highway

Old Mar 7, 2021 | 06:27 PM
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Cool Steering drifts on highway

Hi everyone it's been a while since I've been on here , only because I haven't had a Dodge for a while. But I do now .
I have a 1999 ram 1500 sport and have a strange problem . The trucks wants to drift eather right or left when on the highway and the steering wheel seems to have some play in it. I'm thinking I may have a bad steering box, because the ball joints and idler arm and tie rod ends are all tight. Had new tires put on it along with alignment. When I correct for the drift I have to turn the steering wheel slightly further before it actually starts to turn the wheels . Then some times it over corrects. It only does this on the highway. Any thing else I should look for ?
 
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Old Mar 7, 2021 | 07:23 PM
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Track bar, wheel bearings, the bushing in the bottom of the steering column.
 
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Old Mar 7, 2021 | 09:12 PM
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check your intermediate steering shaft, tie rod ends , steering rack , wheel bearings & ***** joints. lastly the steering box for play.
 
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