Steering Solutions?

[Dokatd]

I think it must vary from truck to truck based on rolling improvements throughout the year. My ‘24 fall build will literally track down a straight road with no hands and has very little slop in the wheel.

The return to center and turning radius still requires a lot of work in parking lots and other tight spaces. The little bit of extra rotation you get if you keep turning the wheel past when it first stops, helps shorted the radius by a few feet.

What confuses the heck out of me is when I have all the lockers engaged, the steering wheel returns to center with authority, like a “normal” car would on pavement. I first noticed this when I was driving down a gravel road and wanted to play around with the lockers and hi/low gears. Anyone else notice this? Does anyone know why it will return to center “normally” when the lockers are engaged (I'm assuming its the front one that matters) and/or why it won’t transfer over to when the lockers are disengaged

All vehicles with lockers do this. Front lockers are dramatic in their effect, but a rear locker will do it pretty efficiently as well.

 

[GN4HIR]

I think the last 3 pages of posts explain why there are so many low mileage IGs for sale. You either embrace it or run away from it. Not many people are on the fence. The analogy of the waxed canvas coat is spot on.

My IG was an impulse purchase after an inattentive driver took the front end off my GMC AT4 pickup. It took 6 weeks to repair. By the time I got the pickup back, driving it felt ordinary and the steering was vague and sleepy. I sold it and haven't looked back.