Ideas on steering?

[schwartzerritter]

the 74 sedan steers easy 185 60/13s 36 psi small steering wheel

The touring is a truck 165 80/13 36 psi stock bus wheel.

WHY? I am old but upper body strenght is still good easy bench 225lbs????

Old wider tires and small fat wheel should require more effort or did I just flunk Physics?

[ahlem]

Do you have strange offset on your wheels?

You didn't mention the age and condition of your front end components. Dry pivot points is not a good thing on any mechanical device.

[c.d.iesel]

phyisicz must be reversed in Holland from USA ?

and your 'other car' would be even lighter steering with 185/70 x 13" tyres

for the Touring look at the quality of oil inside the

steering gear box - might have GREASE from P-Owner?

stiff idler arm bearings (plastic) ?

stiff tie rod ends?

center steering link rubbing against the trans?(bent up)

bearing condition in upper strut mounts? - you can just drizzle

oil down from the top into the ball bearings

wrong washer positioning under the top strut bearing mounts

causing friction with the strut insert?

[schwartzerritter]

Actually I do not Know car was restored several years ago. Passed the very tuff Dutch Inspection process this year. Wheels are stock steel on the touring and Alpina s on the sedan? Very new tight on the touring older on the sedan but no slack or drift at speed.

Touring is /has not been driven much since restoration.

[schwartzerritter]

Will give it a look see The touring is too tuff to turn at a dead stop . more like a 50's pick up with a flat tire.

thanks cd

[JohnS]

Is it possible that the Touring has the optional 'sport' (quick ratio) steering box?

John

[TobyB]

easy bench 225lbs????

well, there's your problem. Your steering muscles aren't your bench press

muscles...

heh.

Serously, I have a series of excercises I do before trying to race on slicks...

it's a lot of shoulder work with high repps and relatively low weight.

Like others, I'd start comparing the cars- and I'd jack up the hard- steering

car and see if it is binding all on its own.

A dry steering box can bind like crazy....

hth

t

[schwartzerritter]

aaah the weekend and a floor jack.

box? all is posible she one out of many cars.