Ford 2003 Mustang Workshop Manual page 724

Feedback
Poor
Returnability/Sticky
Steering
Shimmy
operation.
Incorrect
frame/underbody
alignment.
Loose, worn or
damaged front wheel
spindle tie-rod.
Loose, worn or
damaged tie-rod ends.
Loose or damaged
steering gear insulators
or bolts.
Loose lower steering
column shaft U-joint
bolts.
Loose suspension
bushings, fasteners or
ball joints.
Worn or damaged
steering column
bearing(s).
Binding lower steering
column shaft U-joints.
Loose, worn or
damaged front wheel
spindle tie-rod.
Loose, worn or
damaged tie-rod ends.
Suspension
components.
Binding steering
column bearing(s).
Loose, worn or
damaged tie-rod end.
Loose, worn or
damaged front wheel
spindle tie-rod.
Suspension
components.
CORRECT as
required. REFER to
Frame Dimension
Manual.
GO to the Tie-Rod
Articulation Torque
Component Test.
GO to the Steering
Linkage Component
Test.
INSTALL new or
TIGHTEN the
retaining bolts.
REFER to Section
211-02 .
TIGHTEN the bolts.
REFER to Section
211-04 .
INSTALL new
suspension
components as
necessary. REFER to
Section 204-01 .
INSTALL new
steering column
bearing(s). REFER to
Section 211-04 .
INSTALL a new lower
steering column shaft.
REFER to Section
211-04 .
GO to the Tie-Rod
Articulation Torque
Component Test.
GO to the Steering
Linkage Component
Test.
REFER to Section
204-00 for suspension
system diagnosis and
testing.
INSTALL new
steering column
bearing(s). REFER to
Section 211-04 .
GO to the Steering
Linkage Component
Test.
GO to the Tie-Rod
Articulation Torque
Component Test.
REFER to Section
204-00 for suspension
system diagnosis and
testing.