| [GMCnet] steering problems [message #149928] |
Thu, 17 November 2011 17:07  |
Brian Waddell
Messages: 409
Registered: March 2010
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I have been working on this motormome for years and never drove it over 25 mph down dirt roads around the farm ,since I bought it.....testing things. I finally got it ready for the safety inspection we have to do here in manitoba, Canada. In order to register a vechicle here it must have a safety inspection. I put on my new tires and rims(alcoa,bfg) and slowly, maybe 30mph, drove it down the back road to the inspection place. Guess what!...it passed inspection without needing anything done to it..I spoke to the inspector and he himself was quite astonished that on a vehicle this old he could find nothing out of spec..he even mentioned that he double checked a couple ot things,checking front end wear, as being so old it had to have worn components....nope ...he said" this thing is really well put together and ready to go anywhere"...OH BOY I thought....I can hardley wait to get this thing on the highway for the 15 miles home. So coming out of town I hit it hard...it took off l
ike a shot....jesus I thought .....this thing has a lot of torque steer..I was fighting the steering.I backed off at 70 because I could not steer it at 70 or 60 or 50 or 40,,,terrible. It has 54000 documented miles since new. Ther is no play in the rear bogies....I have crowbarred the front end looking for play or movement, the steering shaft I had apart and lubed the splines...steering wheel is slightly to the right....I marked the splines before I took apart so I think I got them back to where they were supposed to be...is it possible the the steering box is not centered and this causes it to wander all over the road? The coach is at proper ride height by the manual...What else.?....Brian 77 ele 455
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