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It starts to swerve to the left or right without turning the wheels almost like your swerving back and forth

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Sounds as though you have play in steering gear box- most of the time thier is a lock nut on top with a slotted screw in middle loosen lock nut and tighten screw then reset lock nut. do not over tighten slotted screw in fact tighten and then back off half turn so steering box is not too tight.

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You will have to visually check all front steering components for bad idlers,tie rod ends. Have someone move the steering wheel back and forth from 10 o'clock to 2o'clock position and check for loose moving parts. also hows the tread on front tires,very low tread also plays a part.

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