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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Stanglover" data-source="post: 377594" data-attributes="member: 3596">Bentworker has taught me a lot via the forum, and his advice is right on imo.From what you are describing, it sounds like the box was basically just put back together without anything other than new seals being put in. This happened to me a few years back. I sent my v/r box out to a local steering gear rebuilder. It came back all nice and clean, but that was about all. There was still a load of free play at the s/wheel. I tried the "cowboy method" and nearly ditched the car. The steering was "grabbing" both left and right and all I'd done was tighten the sector shaft screw down about a 1/2 turn. I backed it off a 1/4 turn and the steering was good again, until it was not. Not going into that tight now.What I eventually found out, was the balls in the worm screw need to be replaced. Ford used to have 5 or 6 different sized set, all to 5 decimal dimensioning. In other words, extremely small increments between sizes. These are NLA, but individual balls can be purchased from ball bearing manufacturers, but NOT CHEAP. That's probably why your rebuilder didn't replace them. I got lucky and found a US rebuilder who offered to sell me a set of larger balls for 1 box rebuild, as a favor, so I can't say who that was. Since then, I only have the predicted aprrox 1/2 -3/4" play on the steering wheel and the car drives at 70 mph no hands (if I dare).So imo, either the balls are worn or the worm screw is or a combination of both. Below is a scan from the Ford manual re balls sizes.[ATTACH]45692[/ATTACH][ATTACH]45691[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

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