The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area Driveline TF Steering issue help

This was a recent birthday gift for my dad that I restored last year so I have no history of how it used to handle, only the way it feels now.

There is no noise, vibration, or weird bump feedback when driving. I have upgraded to tapered bearings and torqued properly. I do agree that I need to upgrade tie rods....that was going to be this year's project. Don't know about condition of spring shackles. In which manor could the shackles affect the handling? Drag link is parallel to the ground.

When you turn the wheel in a corner it does turn and react, it just feels that you have to make a slow sweeping turn and that if you turn too sharp it comes back too quick in opposite direction, causing the driver to over-correct the turn; sometimes in the middle of a turn. Making it feel unstable in a corner.

I do believe that the caster needs to be increased as it does feel like it struggles to return to center. I will be taking it another shop to check over all components before making any major changes. Since the truck is with my dad....I am just trying to get some ideas before he takes it in.