Swaybars
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Re: Swaybars
Yes the new stuff is simply awful. I'm not at a one handed movement yet but it's an arthritically weakend two hand with mininum effort. Thats pretty good considering it started so tight it took enormous effort. It seems after very careful honing at the center pin and more miles mount the steering components seem to be settling in. The worst offenders of the new components? Ball joints and a centerpin that were way too tight.
- Amskeptic
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Re: Swaybars
The Doktor's orders?RussellK wrote:Yes the new stuff is simply awful. I'm not at a one handed movement yet but it's an arthritically weakend two hand with mininum effort. Thats pretty good considering it started so tight it took enormous effort. It seems after very careful honing at the center pin and more miles mount the steering components seem to be settling in. The worst offenders of the new components? Ball joints and a centerpin that were way too tight.
Drive it. A lot.
Colin
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
- tristessa
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Re: Swaybars
I'll have to give that a go sometime out of curiosity, since Just About Everything is fairly recent -- ball joints, tie rods, drag link, center pin, shocks, steering damper. It doesn't seem difficult to drive and doesn't wander much (exception: over 70MPH with crosswinds/semis) but my reference point isn't the best. This is the only Bus I've owned, and everything steering-wise was shot from decades of use & neglect. Ball joints falling apart, tie rod ends flopping like overcooked pasta .. and you saw my center pin, right?Amskeptic wrote: With the front end off the ground, you can rotate the wheel from full lock to full lock with one hand. Try that with your refreshed suspension.
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- Amskeptic
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Re: Swaybars
Lawdy, I did, and that lifter still wakes me up from a dead sleep.tristessa wrote:you saw my center pin, right?
Colin
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles