98 dodge steering box leaking - Pirate4x4.Com : 4x4 and Off-Road Forum

THE HANS · 08-11-2007, 02:33 PM

i have a 98 dodge 2500 ctd, and last night i was in the dust and ran into alittle stumpp and popped my tire, and i didnt see anyother damage. well this morning i woke up and there was a line of oil comein straight off the sector shaft. what does this mean? is there a seal i messed up? something cracked, i figured i would ask before i tore it apart.

Mr. Mindless · 08-11-2007, 04:11 PM

did it jerk the wheel hard? Or could you have hit any steering gear? I'm thinking you bent your sector shaft.

THE HANS · 08-11-2007, 05:02 PM

yea it jerked the wheel, didnt hit anything but tire..

rockrknockr · 08-11-2007, 07:21 PM

THE HANS · 08-11-2007, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by rockrknockr

yea i thought about it, and i feel like a dumbass now

Mr. Mindless · 08-12-2007, 07:02 AM

throw a dial indicator on there and check it out...

08-11-2007, 02:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
THE HANS Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Member # 13313 Location: in the middle of b.f.e above paradise,ca Posts: 3,205	98 dodge steering box leaking i have a 98 dodge 2500 ctd, and last night i was in the dust and ran into alittle stumpp and popped my tire, and i didnt see anyother damage. well this morning i woke up and there was a line of oil comein straight off the sector shaft. what does this mean? is there a seal i messed up? something cracked, i figured i would ask before i tore it apart. __________________ I LIKE TO PARTY ECV 7-11

08-11-2007, 04:11 PM	#2 (permalink)
Mr. Mindless Zeus of the Sluice Join Date: Nov 2003 Member # 24238 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 2,710	did it jerk the wheel hard? Or could you have hit any steering gear? I'm thinking you bent your sector shaft. __________________ Michael Maskalans Codriver, Game Day Racing #571 07.5 C&C Ram 3500; G56, 245 19.5s, 4x2, ARB 98 Dakota on 42s; then \| now \| build PARTING: 97 Ram 3500 - 24v, 13sp 87 AMC Eagle Wagon - 258/auto, mostly stock Fingerlakes 4x4 \| M4wd & Fabrication \| Right Coast 4x4 \| Rock Modified \| Rok-Freekz

08-11-2007, 05:02 PM	#3 (permalink)
THE HANS Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Member # 13313 Location: in the middle of b.f.e above paradise,ca Posts: 3,205	yea it jerked the wheel, didnt hit anything but tire.. __________________ I LIKE TO PARTY ECV 7-11

08-12-2007, 07:02 AM	#6 (permalink)
Mr. Mindless Zeus of the Sluice Join Date: Nov 2003 Member # 24238 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 2,710	throw a dial indicator on there and check it out... __________________ Michael Maskalans Codriver, Game Day Racing #571 07.5 C&C Ram 3500; G56, 245 19.5s, 4x2, ARB 98 Dakota on 42s; then \| now \| build PARTING: 97 Ram 3500 - 24v, 13sp 87 AMC Eagle Wagon - 258/auto, mostly stock Fingerlakes 4x4 \| M4wd & Fabrication \| Right Coast 4x4 \| Rock Modified \| Rok-Freekz

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08-11-2007, 07:21 PM	#4 (permalink)
rockrknockr Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Member # 90393 Location: tucson Posts: 1,478