Re: [AMC-List] Twitchy fast ratio steering

[markprice242@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

I think the caster on my American is up to about 4* positive. It tracks nice and straight this way and corners well. What I do with these old Bias ply original equipment cars is take the caster up as far as it will go and match it side to side to the one that comes out the least towards positive. As in if one side comes out 4 and one 6, I go 4 on the pair. It makes the steering a little heavy coming off center, but that is usually not a problem with the old overboosted 60's P/S systems. You can get a caster camber gauge for about $40 and do it yourself with a little time and patience. Just be careful and read up on the basics. Do your test driving someplace safe! --
Mark Price
markprice242ATadelphia.net
Morgantown, WV


---- John Elle <johnelle@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
> Snip
> I do a lot of LA freeway driving, 100
> miles/day 3 days a week, maybe that's tweaked my brain :-)
> SNIP
>  
> If you have the front end aligned with a little bit more positive caster
> there will be more of a positive self centering of the steering. This
> should stabilize things for the freeway hauls. I do a bit of them my
> self too although not as often as I used to. 
> If you are close to zero or negative (and some alignment charts indicate
> that negative is o.k.) the car will have a tendency to wander as self
> centering will have been dialed out. This is a bit uncomfortable as you
> are always correcting for this. I think it is something you have to
> pressure the "alignment technician" to do in some cases. I'd shoot for 2
> degrees myself but that is a personal preference. 
> With P205 60's on the front and P245 60's on the rear and the short
> wheelbase the beasty can get a bit touchy. 
> John
>  
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