Posted: Wed May 18, 16 4:27 pm
Hi simon
spoke to your steering box man
doesn't sound like there is anything much wrong
took him through the set up
stiff in the middle
mount in car
attach manifold and pipes so that the little piston engages in the steering box properly
start car.
see which way the box turns by itself
tap the manifold with the piston in a few thou one way or the other until the box hydraulic flow is equally biased and the wheels should stay facing forward. It only goes hard one way when the position of the little piston in the manifold bit favours hydraulic flow into one chamber over the other when the steering wheel isn't being moved
set the steering up with 1-2 degrees positive castor and it won't feel light
wheels should have slight toe in and are alright anywhere between +1 and -1 camber.
the steering settings in the book are designed to let a frail old granny park up the car in a tight space and were really for bias ply tyres running lower pressures than you might with a modern radial on the front.
some positive castor is necessary... the book suggests negative which is more or less guaranteed to make it feel like you can't let go of the wheel at speed.
set the ride height first and pump up the tyres all round.
Dave
spoke to your steering box man
doesn't sound like there is anything much wrong
took him through the set up
stiff in the middle
mount in car
attach manifold and pipes so that the little piston engages in the steering box properly
start car.
see which way the box turns by itself
tap the manifold with the piston in a few thou one way or the other until the box hydraulic flow is equally biased and the wheels should stay facing forward. It only goes hard one way when the position of the little piston in the manifold bit favours hydraulic flow into one chamber over the other when the steering wheel isn't being moved
set the steering up with 1-2 degrees positive castor and it won't feel light
wheels should have slight toe in and are alright anywhere between +1 and -1 camber.
the steering settings in the book are designed to let a frail old granny park up the car in a tight space and were really for bias ply tyres running lower pressures than you might with a modern radial on the front.
some positive castor is necessary... the book suggests negative which is more or less guaranteed to make it feel like you can't let go of the wheel at speed.
set the ride height first and pump up the tyres all round.
Dave
