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I'm also glad to hear you weren't hurt worse or dead! Suddenly having excessive play at hiway speed is a thing few have experienced. Many know what getting in a truck and driving with sloppy steering is like and/or a truck that pulls in one direction or the other. You figure how to compensate and get on down the road. The darts are consistent and within a tolerable range (just from slightest wear movement). In this case, the compensation didn't do what was expected any better than going straight was working with the dart extreme. I imagine the bearing balls came out of the races after a long period of being dry?

I had a steering box coming loose with a cracked frame that sent me over into the car next to me on a multi-lane road on a Blazer I had. I was on my way home from 4 wheelin' which was when frame cracked and box started working loose. Off road in 4wd I couldn't tell. It felt funny once on the road and I stopped and checked it out best I could, being alone. I was aware of the sloppy steering and I was doing ok, but still had a problem. It went from perfectly normal to WTF? and back randomly. Both vehicles "buffed out".. I should have parked it and had it towed