67Charger
Well-Known Member
I'm working on my '71 Challenger (yeah, I know), getting it back into daily driver status. It has a Gen 3 5.7 swap and uses the Gen 3 pump, and yes, I know it makes way more pressure than the old style. I have the toe set to 1/16" in, all the positive caster the stock geometry allows (barely any), and slight negative camber. When the steering wheel is straight, the car goes straight, but if you let it go free (with hands still on it for safety) while driving at highway speeds, it wants to pull to the right about 10° on the steering wheel, but no more. I have to apply force to get it to turn sharper, and it will return to the 10° off-center of the wheel and keep turning right. It's like the box has its own center, but the steering angles (tires straight ahead) and steering wheel spline angle missed.
Can the steering coupler be rotated one tooth? I know the steering box has a missing spline, but does the coupler fit more than one way? I know I would have to reset the toe to the new position.
As I understand it, the valve on top of the box only adjusts whether the pump wants to make the steering wheel pull right or left constantly, so balancing it would cause a neutral -no pull- unless there was steering input. I don't think this would remedy the pull unless that is just where the increasing steering geometry resistance equals the force of the off-center valve.
Can the steering coupler be rotated one tooth? I know the steering box has a missing spline, but does the coupler fit more than one way? I know I would have to reset the toe to the new position.
As I understand it, the valve on top of the box only adjusts whether the pump wants to make the steering wheel pull right or left constantly, so balancing it would cause a neutral -no pull- unless there was steering input. I don't think this would remedy the pull unless that is just where the increasing steering geometry resistance equals the force of the off-center valve.