Re: B body power steering effort left to right
[Re: AndyF]
#3109665
01/07/23 09:57 AM
01/07/23 09:57 AM
|
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 18,922 So Near, Yet So Far
topside
I Live Here
|
I Live Here
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 18,922
So Near, Yet So Far
|
Effort should of course be the same turning in either direction. I'll assume you've bled the system, as you said the steering wheel stays straight when running with wheels in the air. If it changed with the box, that would seem to pinpoint the area of the problem. As far as being darty, I'd expect that to be an alignment or even a tire problem, if not a rutted road. If one or more of the bushings has deteriorated, the steering and/or suspension settings are moving as you encounter variances in the road surface, right ? I've also had that happen with square-shouldered radial or bias-ply tires on rutted road surfaces.
|
|
|
Re: B body power steering effort left to right
[Re: Pacnorthcuda]
#3109866
01/07/23 07:01 PM
01/07/23 07:01 PM
|
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 20,573 It's a dry heat
gtx6970
OP
Too Many Posts
|
OP
Too Many Posts
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 20,573
It's a dry heat
|
GTX, there is a valve at the top of the box where the pressure line attaches. It’s a plate with two mounting bolts. If you loosen the plate bolts the plate can slide a bit…which makes a BIG difference in how the steering pulls one way or the other. You adjust this with the wheels hanging in the air, engine idling. Many people don’t know about that adjustment. Im familiar with the adjustment you mention. Ive had the front in the air and running. ...it doesn't turn . Nor does it pull driving down the road
|
|
|
Re: B body power steering effort left to right
[Re: Cab_Burge]
#3130859
03/20/23 02:42 PM
03/20/23 02:42 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 1,406 NW Chicago suburban area
Mopar Mitch
pro stock
|
pro stock
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 1,406
NW Chicago suburban area
|
When adjusting that valve body (on top of the gear box), I highly recommend not just having the front wheels off the ground, but to have the front wheels removed from the spindles. You want as little friction (weight) as possible so to assure the power assist of the left-right-left-right action is at a minimum of the gear box.... IF you wanted to go a slightly different and better route, you could alternatively disconnect the Pitman Arm from the steering link cross-arm (letting that hang)... again, reducing all possible friction from the gear box. That's how I've done it in the past... best results!
Last edited by Mopar Mitch; 03/20/23 02:44 PM.
Mopar Mitch
"Road racers and autocrossers go in deeper and come out harder!"... and rain never stops us from having fun with our cars... in fact, it makes us better drivers!
Check out MOPAR ACTION MAGAZINE, August 2006 issue for feature article and specs on my autocross T/A!
|
|
|
|
|