On my '41 3/4 ton, I took the steering box out and cleaned it and adjusted it to the specs in the shop manual and it was fine, it was a sloppy mess before. Didn't seem to have any significant wear that wasn't taken care of by the adjustment. The ball ends on the drag link and tie rod ends didn't seem to have much looseness in them, so I thought that they were fine. The truth was that the adjustment had been taken up over the years and three of the five balls had the shaft below the ball worn 2/3 of the way through. Scary!! So my advise is to check all the balls and if they are worn out of round etc, replace them. It is a bit of a tough job as the old ones have to be pressed out and the new ones pressed in and then help with a spot of weld. I would buy the new springs and caps that go around the balls also as the old ones are going to be worn to the shape of the worn balls. Remember it is your steering you are playing with here. Take the time and $ to do that right. Go thru the steering box. It wasn't a real hard thing to do. My king pins were not great either. I put in a .010 oversize set. Remember that to do this it is the axle eyes that have to be reamed .010 oversize, not the bushings, because at least in my case, that is where the wear was, in the axle eyes themselves. It was all worth the effort, the steering is now smooth and tight. I also had the axle straightened as mine had been in a rollover back in 1941 just before my great uncle bought it used in early 1942. For me, I want a stock truck with the chassis absolutly right, because I intend to drive it a lot and I want to know that everything under hannah is safe and solid. I'll put up with some small flaws in body and paint. Good luck.
