# 1996 Ford Ranger wandering steering wheel?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/1996-ford-ranger-wandering-steering-wheel/131272>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** ford, ranger\
**Created:** [December 22, 2018, 7:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1996-ford-ranger-wandering-steering-wheel/131272 "2018-12-22T19:20:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![87\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/f14d63/32.png) [@87\_Ranger](https://community.cartalk.com/u/87_Ranger)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2018, 12:52am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1996-ford-ranger-wandering-steering-wheel/131272/21 "2018-12-30T00:52:42Z")

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It’s a shame your not driving an 87. Bought mine new in January 88 & the one and only thing I’ve ever done to the front end is to replace the rubber (what was Ford thinking) tie rod ends due to a nasty shimmy.

At about 120 K miles i had a leaking rear shock so replaced them both. The front shocks are still the original factory  
Now have 247,000 miles on the truck

I guess they really don’t make them like they used to.

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**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2018, 1:07am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1996-ford-ranger-wandering-steering-wheel/131272/22 "2018-12-30T01:07:23Z")

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> [@87\_Ranger](#):
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> I guess they really don’t make them like they used to.

that is an inaccurate statement

Ford still uses twin i-beam on their super duty trucks

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**Author:** ![NYBo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nybo/32/17281_2.png) [@NYBo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/NYBo)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 12:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1996-ford-ranger-wandering-steering-wheel/131272/23 "2018-12-31T00:01:21Z")

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> [@87\_Ranger](#):
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> I guess they really don’t make them like they used to.

And 999 times out of a thousand, that’s a good thing.

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