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: spongy on-center feel in my 67 steering


sk1
Mar 24th, 04, 7:31 PM
My mechanic has gone through and replaced all needed parts on my front end, put in a new 3 1/2 turn steering box and the wheel bearings are OK. The car is aligned and has big sway bars and Billstein shocks. It seems hard to keep the car going in a straight line going down the road without wandering. An alignment shop I took the car to showed me the factory spec and it wants 1 degree caster (wheel center behind the axle) Any ideas on another setup that will make this car feel more stable on center? It feels great in turns.
Thanks

72SSAbody
Mar 26th, 04, 10:22 AM
I guess we need more info.

Tall spindles or stock? Even what year of vehicle would be nice.

Also could you list the specs that the alignment shop aligned to?

Joe

sk1
Mar 28th, 04, 12:10 AM
Model year (mentioned in my topic) is 67. Spindles are stock. I belive the springs are 1" lower than stock. I can get the rest of the specs. All I know is the plus 1 degree caster.