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Old Oct 6, 2008 | 09:08 PM
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I have a '82 with 67000 miles. My problem is there is about 2" of play in the steering, can it be adjusted out? Is the problem in the gear box? Also, when turning to the right it has no power steering at all but turns fine to the left.......I'm thinking the control valve needs to be replaced to cure that problem. The front and rear suspension was totally rebuilt back to the original gymkana specs in the summer of 2007. Any help would be appreciated.

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Old Oct 7, 2008 | 08:56 AM
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Originally Posted by michaelw61
I have a '82 with 67000 miles. My problem is there is about 2" of play in the steering, can it be adjusted out? Is the problem in the gear box? Also, when turning to the right it has no power steering at all but turns fine to the left.......I'm thinking the control valve needs to be replaced to cure that problem. The front and rear suspension was totally rebuilt back to the original gymkana specs in the summer of 2007. Any help would be appreciated.
You need to figure out if its the gear or the valve. Probably the gear though. Get some one to turn the steering wheel up to the play amount. You check and see if the valve is moving. There is an adjustment on the gear box to take up the play but only so much. If the worm gear in the box is worn it will make it worse.

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Old Oct 7, 2008 | 09:18 AM
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Could be the rag joint or the gear box, but usually when it has power one way and not the other, the valve needs to be adjusted.
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Thanks for the reply, I'll give it a try.
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