Joseph James
Senior Member
It is a bolt holding the steering box. Driver side bottom of box. This alarmed me. I couldn’t get a good picture, but you can see the threads and part of the bolt head.
Thanks. I’ll tighten it down. Someone has worked on steering before. There are marks where they beat on stuff.That absolutely SHOULD alarm you.
Some dill-rod probably forgot to properly torque it, tighten it up and torque it per FSM and check the rest of the mounting bolts while you are at it. Hopefully the bolt on the photo is not broken or stripped out.
Dave
Can you back it out and see what's going on? Too long, etc?
Thanks. I’ll tighten it down. Someone has worked on steering before. There are marks where they beat on stuff.
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Normally Chrysler installed one stud to aid in the installation at the factory. Check to see if the bolt is bottomed out in the frame. Also Chrysler usually had a shim under one of the mounting locations as not all of the stub frames had the mounting area totally flush. If you need the shim, install one or you could break a mounting stud off the gearbox.
Now you found the location where the stud should be. The stud should thread in all the way to the shoulder, You will need about two inches after to have enough room for the lock washer and nut.Bolt is hitting another frame member welded crosswise to the one it threads in. The head on the bolt is the same as the two on the other side. Odd shaped head.
My poor Fury was patched together. I keep finding things like this.Now you found the location where the stud should be. The stud should thread in all the way to the shoulder, You will need about two inches after to have enough room for the lock washer and nut.
Indeed. One of the things was they wired the neutral safety switch wiring to the oil pressure switch (which was bad).For some people, the options are: do it half-*** or don't do it all.
Forrest Gump: gots more smart than previous owner
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