" From: Matt Haas <mhaas@xxxxxxx> " " Unless the nose is sitting a mile high, those rubber wedges are probably in " the springs because the springs are shot. Take them out and if the nose " droops (60's cars typically have the nose a little higher than the rear), " you need new springs. good advice. when i got my american the rear springs were so sagged it needed high-lift shackles just to level it! " Once you've gone through all the checks and made any needed repairs and " find you still can't live with the steering, you can switch the steering " box out (or have the guts in yours changed) and/or play with pump pressure " to increase road feel and responsiveness. GM offered quick ratio boxes in " the late 70's and early 80's in some F (Camaro/Firebird) and A/G (Malibu, " El Camino, RWD Cutlass) body cars that should bolt in. You can also get new " boxes from companies like AGR (Summit Racing carries them) or buy " remanufactured quick ratio boxes (you should be able to pick up a " remanufactured box at an auto parts store). If you swap the box out, " replace the hoses and either flush or rebuild the pump to make sure all the " trash is out of the system. pretty much covers it. i'll just add a couple of things: one of the things that controls 'feel' is a torsion bar in the ps gear valve assembly. thinner = more flexible = number feel, thicker = less flexible = better feel. t-bars range from 0.165" to .210"; '60s cars tend to be on the small end. the boxes matt mentions are .195" or .204" iirc. amcs have a pretty wide turning angle, and i'm not sure if those gm boxes matt mentions have appropriate turning stops. one box that does, and has the fastest 2.5 turns lock-to-lock ratio, is the early-'90s grand cherokee unit. it has metric hose connectors, but iirc they're inserts which could be r&r with your old sae ones, or you could have hybrid hoses made. this box has a .195" t-bar. ________________________________________________________________________ Andrew Hay the genius nature internet rambler is to see what all have seen adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and think what none thought