Help! Steering wheel upside down

[floridastroke]

Truck fell in hole on jobsite awhile back, after pulling it out the steering wheel is upside down now. trac bar, steering box? Any ideas?

 

[WHY NOT]

I would say track bar or steering box is your best places to start

 

[young7.3]

How big was this say "hole"?

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[floridastroke]

was big enough I couldn't back out in four wheel drive...... was covered in snow and never seen it

 

[Barnbuilder]

Adjust the draglink.

 

[floridastroke]

Thanks guys.... I'm out of town for work but I will look at it when I get back and give an update and the repair.

 

[ToMang07]

How big was this say "hole"?

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was big enough I couldn't back out in four wheel drive...... was covered in snow and never seen it

I call BS.... there is something seriously broke or bent....you must have bombed a ditch or something...you didn't just drive into a hole and get stuck to frig it up THAT bad.

I would say track bar or steering box is your best places to start

Yup....good places to start looking for damage. Check everything tho. Bent/broke springs, shackles, pitman arm....everything. Something is bent or broke.

 

[MrMike2010]

My guess would be a trashed steering box. If you hit something hard enough they tend to twist the splines on the output shaft that the pitman arm attaches to. Plus there's a few other areas in the box that like to twist. Though this is what I have found with the 05-07 boxes. Not to familiar with the obs style.

 

[Betarocker]

Could have stripped the draglink adjuster sleeve.

 

[floridastroke]

I call BS.... there is something seriously broke or bent....you must have bombed a ditch or something...you didn't just drive into a hole and get stuck to frig it up THAT bad.



Yup....good places to start looking for damage. Check everything tho. Bent/broke springs, shackles, pitman arm....everything. Something is bent or broke.

As for bombing a ditch , didn't happen! I happen to take care of my vehicle as I rely on it for work here in N. Dakota ..... And as for the hole , it was what we call a pothole here on the pipeline. It is used as a visual locate for existing line's , said pothole was not marked with flags and covered in snow! I was in first gear at an idle as we try to minimize damage to right of ways!...... Anyhow I was finally able to get a good look at things today and it looks like I bent the centerlink, and maybe a tie rod..... I noticed it also turns sharper to the right than it does to the left. Will try and get some pics tomorrow.... Going to order parts tomorrow.