Steering wheel not straight

usersmanual wrote:

Dutch_12078 wrote:

usersmanual wrote:

T bone wrote:
On my new Ford motorhome the steering wheel is not straight when going straight down the road..The front end seems to be in alignment, no pulling or off tracking. Wondering if I could pull the steering wheel and just move it a little.

NO NO NO take it back to dealer and have it fixed under the warrenty it should have
Most likely the steering shaft has to be changed a couple splines as long as it does not have a master spline
My sparton chassis steering centered is done this way also

Read the previous few posts... On the 2007 and earlier F3's, moving the steering wheel on the shaft spline IS the correct way to adjust the steering wheel centering. On 2008's up there is a master spline for the steering wheel, and the adjustment is made by moving the pitman arm on the steering gearbox splines.

I did read everything but I guess I misinterpreted the

QUOTE: disconnect the steering shaft from the steering gear box and move it one or more splines until the steering wheel is properly centered.

as steering column verses pitman arm (my bad)

In my terminology ""steering shaft"" is the ""steering shaft"" from steering wheel to steering box::: Pitman arm is the connection to the drag link/tie rods etc I have never seen nor used the term steering shaft to describe the pitman arm

Sorry about that. I should have been more specific about the shaft that needs to be repositioned. It is indeed the shaft that goes from the steering gear box to the steering wheel. Ours had to be repositioned when the front end was aligned.

When I read the invoice I didn't understand why there was a bolt on the bill of materials. The technician explained the new process and said that Ford requires them to replace the bolt anytime it's removed.