Ha, ha, yes it would Carl. I believe I was thinking the tightness would diminish (which it will) and typed the opposite. Thanks much for correcting.
So back to Scotty, Ok we've been talking about steering gear and alignment trouble, but it is sounding like your friend is saying he thinks the problem is in your control valve, right? Bad seals (or other problems) in your valve are causing it to fail to recirculate fluid and therefore making it push to one side when it should be going nowhere and just allowing the fluid to recirculate freely when centered, yes? Okay, this can happen (not commonly in my opinion, but still it can happen). Try this: With the wheels straight ahead and the steering gear set right in the center (in other words everything is adjusted just as it was designed to be--in your case you would need to re-adjust your draglink if it was in the right place when it was pulling), set the parking brake, jack the car up so the wheels are off the ground, set it securely on stands and start the engine. If the steering wheel and wheels start turning even a little bit in the direction of the pull by themselves, something isn't right in the control valve and you need to focus attention here first. If this isn't the problem, they should stay right in the center and then you know the problem is coming from somewhere else.
