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Had it happen on a 97 F-250 that we swapped a solid F-350 (Dana 60) front end into. Steering stabilizer cured it.

Oh, it IS that and more - the bushings in those areas too..

Easy to know when it's time to do some major front-end maintenance. Go over a bridge deck joint (and with rare exceptions, DOT crews or road construction firms have NO CLUE how to match up a road surface to a bridge deck) and if the steering wheel does a brief 'shake', it's time to head for the shop..

I just got my F-350 back on Friday morning. A few days earlier I noted a brief shake going over a bridge deck and called the shop post haste..

Total for the front-end repair was about $1300 - paid for by Ford's ESP.. This was a 53K on the odometer.. Previous (2004) truck needed it at 30K but the front-ends back then weren't quite as beefy..

many years ago my dad had a 76 F250 that would do it on a regular basis. Not fun. Don't remember if he ever fixed it before getting rid of it, but it had lots of issues by the time it went on down the road.

Had a CJ-5 that would almost throw you out of it.