Hi,
I just finished re-building my front suspension and steering linkage on my '63 Convt. - just another stage in my body-off restoration.
Just "eye-balling" my alignment for now, but was curious about lock-to-lock steering bias (or lack of bias).
When a '63 is properly aligned and the steering wheel is in the straight ahead, 12-O'Clock position, is there any bias in lock-to-lock steering wheel rotations from left to right? In other words, should the steering wheel turn the exact same number of rotations when turning the wheel all the way to the left lock position as when turning to the right lock position?
Just checking steering box, with the steering column alignment mark in the 12-O'Clock position, the lock position to the left is about 1.8 revolutions and to the right its about 1.8 revolutions.
In my "eye-ball" alignment, it looks like I may have lost 0.25 revolutions to the right, once I got the tie-rods adjusted and installed. The alignment mark on the steering box ended up at 3-O'Clock.
For now, I'm assuming this may work its way out once I get a proper wheel alignment. I'm also a little concerned about excessive wheel travel which might rub the inner fenders.
Thanks for any responses on this question.
--Doug
I just finished re-building my front suspension and steering linkage on my '63 Convt. - just another stage in my body-off restoration.
Just "eye-balling" my alignment for now, but was curious about lock-to-lock steering bias (or lack of bias).
When a '63 is properly aligned and the steering wheel is in the straight ahead, 12-O'Clock position, is there any bias in lock-to-lock steering wheel rotations from left to right? In other words, should the steering wheel turn the exact same number of rotations when turning the wheel all the way to the left lock position as when turning to the right lock position?
Just checking steering box, with the steering column alignment mark in the 12-O'Clock position, the lock position to the left is about 1.8 revolutions and to the right its about 1.8 revolutions.
In my "eye-ball" alignment, it looks like I may have lost 0.25 revolutions to the right, once I got the tie-rods adjusted and installed. The alignment mark on the steering box ended up at 3-O'Clock.
For now, I'm assuming this may work its way out once I get a proper wheel alignment. I'm also a little concerned about excessive wheel travel which might rub the inner fenders.
Thanks for any responses on this question.
--Doug
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