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There is likely a defect in the steering gearbox if nothing is bent in your steering linkage or suspension. A rebulit one can be had from NAPA for less than $400.00
what steering gearbox is for a 2002 ram 1500 5.9? A 2002 Ram 1500 has rack and pinion steering.
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It is located on the steering linkage. Look under the vehicle at the steering linkage on the passeger's side. It is bolted to the passenger's frame rail and serves as a hinge point for the steering linkage.
If the gearbox is causing freeplay in the steering wheel, then the gearbox needs to be replaced.
One end of the pitman arm connects firmly to the steering gear on a spline. No moving or wearing parts on that end. The other end of the pitman arm has a tapered hole. The steering linkage connects to the tapered hole with a tapered ball joint fitting. If it isn't damaged, a pitman arm will not wear out.
Depends what you mean by fix? What is the problem? Is there a lot of "looseness" in the steering? Does the vehicle wander and follow road ruts? Is there too much steering gearbox freeplay? You have to be more specific. Anyone of the steering linkage ball joints can be worn out. The steering gearbox can be adjusted to have minimum free play. The shaft connecting the steering gearbox to the steer wheel can have worn spleens. It could be anything. Suggest you check the steering gear box cover bolts for tightness, and then adjust the excess freeplay out of the gearbox. If the doesn't help, then have someone shake the steering wheel left and right while you look at the steering linkages under the front end. The idler arms seem to wear out first, followed by the ball joints. If they appear tight, then there isn't much more you can check. The connection between the steering gear box and the steering column are no longer made. If that's worn, you'll just have to live with it or have a 4WD shop do a custom installation of some type of replacement.
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Images of the wiper linkage for a Dodge Dakota are located in the service manual. It details where the linkage connects and how to perform maintenance on it.
There may be something wrong in steering linkage.