Re: Manual Steering- Do you like it
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On my 67 Belvedere convertible w/340, both the power steering gearbox and pump need rebuilding. My friend has a very nice manual steering gearbox that he will give me. I know I will need the adapter and a different pulley-not a big deal.
Just curious for those using manual steering: do you like it or is it a pain in the butt? It's been several years since I have had a mopar with manual steering. The car is just a weekend cruiser. This is a matter of personal preference. Myself, I like manual steering. The less the draw on the motor the better. Short, Fat tires will make it bit harder. The trick for me is keeping the car/truck in motion when in tight situations like parking. It can be a bit tedious if your not used to it. In my opinion, MOPAR had the best manual steering.
I have mechanical Aptitude. I can screw up anything.
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Re: Manual Steering- Do you like it
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67ply was just looking for some opinions and this is turning into a bitchfest. The bottom line is each have their pros and cons.
Main points to consider here is the last hundred of a second in E.T. was not pointed out. It has a warm motor and it's a weekend cruiser.
Here is a scenario for you. Here is your powerful rear wheel drive machine fishtailing a bit. Time to steer out of it, maybe even lock to lock or as mentioned "the deer". That's going to take more time because manual steering ratio was meant for parking a car.
When Steer and Gear sold me a steering box for my last project they asked 3 turns or the original 4 turns lock to lock. I went with 3 and consider that an upgrade.
69 Super Bee, 93 Mustang LX, 04 Allure Super
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Re: Manual Steering- Do you like it
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Manual steering in the Road Runner and big block Demon. The Road Runner is easy to manuver and so is the Demon.
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Re: Manual Steering- Do you like it
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What about the 14:1 Jeep box? Anybody here try that? I might try it on my 67.
who is that guy?
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Re: Manual Steering- Do you like it
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Going to PS in the GTX, degenerative arthritis is a [censored].
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Re: Manual Steering- Do you like it
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On these old cars I hate power steering. One of our road runners had it, but I swapped it for manual. All 3 of our other cars are manual and love it. The power steering feels like you could put 35" mud tires on the front and still turn the wheel lock to lock w/ one finger. There are ways to cut the pressure down, but the manual boxes are nice enough that I'll never bother w/ trying to do that.
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Re: Manual Steering- Do you like it
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Going to PS in the GTX, degenerative arthritis is a [censored]. And painful. And as far as I know, incurable. Very nasty crap for sure.
Just because you think it won't make it true. Horsepower is KING. To dispute this is stupid. C. Alston
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