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Billy your comments about your steering repairs concern me a great deal-------

If your king pins /bushings /thrust bearings were installed and fitted properly should in no way make your steering difficult----------If you have a tight spot any where in the area of the spindles you have a very serious and dangerous not only to you and your passengers but also to others on the road------

Proper steering feed back from the road is vital in the stability of all steering systems and the slightest tight spot with diminish that feedback enough to make a vehicle unstabile---

However, if your stiffness is just a condition of bad caster/camber angles, king pin inclination to tire patch contact patch, scrub angles-----------

Originally Posted by jerry clayton

Billy your comments about your steering repairs concern me a great deal-------

If your king pins /bushings /thrust bearings were installed and fitted properly should in no way make your steering difficult----------If you have a tight spot any where in the area of the spindles you have a very serious and dangerous not only to you and your passengers but also to others on the road------

Proper steering feed back from the road is vital in the stability of all steering systems and the slightest tight spot with diminish that feedback enough to make a vehicle unstabile---

However, if your stiffness is just a condition of bad caster/camber angles, king pin inclination to tire patch contact patch, scrub angles-----------

your post concerns me.
what exactly would fail that would kill me or others?

Originally Posted by billy zz

your post concerns me.
what exactly would fail that would kill me or others?

Billy,
Maybe rather talk in generalities you can post exactly what you found to be wrong, in detail, and exactly what you did to correct the problems encountered. Pictures would probably help a bunch, but after the fact may not be possible. Just trying to get past the OMG point here.

I've had king pin jobs that have been a bit harder to steer afterwards and they got better after a few times around the block. The only thing I could come up with was the tighter tolerances of new parts. I generally use stainless inserts on the medium duty up trucks and they are much tighter than a bronze bushing. But they last a lot longer as well.

Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe

I've had king pin jobs that have been a bit harder to steer afterwards and they got better after a few times around the block. The only thing I could come up with was the tighter tolerances of new parts. I generally use stainless inserts on the medium duty up trucks and they are much tighter than a bronze bushing. But they last a lot longer as well.

i just got back from the store and it has loosened up almost back to the way it was before.
no bump steer
no wandering on crowned roads
potholes dont do anything untoward.
i never did have a speed wobble problem.
jerry
i appreciate your concern and i wish you were here to take a good look at what exactly i am running.
yours is the 1st negative comment i have received from anyone
be it the internet or my many professional mechanic buddies.
i am NOT saying you are wrong
but i do wish you could take a peek in person.