2013+ truck steering nut recall?

[Reloaderguy]

Apparently the problem has to do with the sleeve, not the nuts. The material is to soft or the threads are out of tolerance compared to the shaft. The sleeve is jumping threads on the male threaded shaft, thus appearing as if the nuts loosened. Loctite won't fix that. FCA has determined that tightening the jam nut, then tacking it to the sleeve, will allow the threads in the nuts to carry some of the load and the sleeve won't be able to Jump over threads. The critical question: does FCA plan to replace the welded parts once they have new parts in stock?

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That's BS, the problem is FCA spec'd a fastener that requires more torque than they are willing to apply at the factory. The factory service manual states the adjuster nut torque spec is 109lbft...which is about 350lbft less than it should be (on the low end). In comparison, the factory service manual calls for the axle end track bar bolt to be torqued to 285lbft, that fastener is about half the diameter of the draglink adjuster threads.

[FordyceCreekTrail]

Well in my 38 years I’ve seen a lot of loose nuts on the web!

When I first saw this string I was thinking the recall solution would be to replace the drivers