<VV> Steering box question - adjustments ?

[Harry Yarnell]

This sure sounds like a drag link bushing...

Harry Yarnell
Perryman Garage and Orphanage
hyarnell1 at earthlink.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert K. Henry" <robertkhenry at bellsouth.net>
To: "'Virtual Vairs'" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 8:50 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Steering box question - adjustments ?


>I stand to the left of the car and watch the left front wheel as you reach
> over and gently wiggle the steering wheel back and forth. I see how many
> degrees I can turn the steering wheel before the front wheel starts to 
> move.
> I was able to turn the wheel quite a bit before there was any motion of 
> the
> front wheel at all. That's why the car was wandering, I had to kind of 
> bump
> the wheel back and forth to jog the front wheels into the direction I 
> wanted
> to go. Just a bit terrifying, actually, on a narrow two-lane road.
> Fortunately, the car tracks pretty well by itself, so you really only need
> the steering wheel when a course correction is needed. I crowded the 
> pitman
> adjuster screw until there was no free play. In tight turns the steering 
> box
> firms up a bit but even with the adjuster set to as little lash as I can
> manage, on the straight the steering still seems a little vague. I'm 
> curious
> just how much more precise steering a Corvair ought to be capable of.
>
>
>
> Robert Henry
> '65 Corsa Convertible Turbo
> Knoxville, TN