2005 kenworth w900l Steering issue, steering box replacement?

Hi there we have a 2005 kenworth w900l with cat c15.

Prior to a recent safety the steering on the truck was awesome ...no wiggle play...let steering wheel go straight line.

At the safety due to a little play in the steering column when you rattle the steering wheel they insisted on replacing the entire steering column...u joints..bar etc and the link arm drivers side.

Now driving thre truck empty ..loaded..bobtail theres a constant feeling of having to twitch the steering wheel to keep the truck straight..like it's trying to veer off...left and right. Both me and my husband feel it..I'm not paranoid lol.

It's not pulling like when an alignment is off...weve had it aligned and rechecked in case this was the cause and that's ok.

The only thing left we can think off / the shop has suggested is the steering box needs replacing. That costs at least $1500 plus labour according to them but my argument is this was not an issue before they messed with it.

Any thoughts or ideas would be grestly appreciated before we spend out needleesly.

 

Thanks..no I appreciate the input...they got the same guy to check it who did it there...I'm not 100% convinced by any of their work lol...will get ur independently checked..cheaper than steering box lol

 

Yea that's what I've argued with them. They test drive it says nothing wrong with it...they are a kw dealer aswell.

Yea weve actually driven a truck had the steering box broken in a wreck and they failed to notice or fix it initially when we were company drivers so know how it feels and it's not to that extent.

Just odd if its worn out it's right after they change things.

Thanks

 

Ok will get that checked out...sorry to be dumb tho lol but what do you mean out of phase? Not lined up right??

Thanks

 

Ok awesome thanks