OK.... if I read this in another post, I wouldn't believe it. If it didn't happen to me I wouldn't believe it.
I have '47 pickup daily driver. Because I use it as a "modern" truck I keep it well maintained. The steering and brakes are in excellent condition. The other day as I was making a hard left turn from the driveway onto the street the front wheels straightened out, as usual, but the steering wheel was about 40 degrees out of position. ie going straight down the road but the steering wheel is NOT centered. I thought this is impossible. I drove another couple of blocks and the steering was totally normal. No wandering, no shimmy. Normal except the steering wheel wasn't centered. I have a pretty good idea how steering components work so I thought this is impossible.
I turned around to get back to my garage and made the hard right turn into the drive way and saw that the steering wheel was back to the normal position. In the garage I checked all the steering components and everything was normal and tight. As far as I know, all the steering components are splined so impossible to move. The only thing a bit unknown to me is what goes on inside the steering box. Are the gears in there splined ? Is the worm gear splined to the steering shaft ?
I know this all seems dubious but this really happened. Can anyone offer up a suggestion as to how the steering wheel can move in relation the front wheel position without any apparent catastrophe ? This is makin' me crazy !!Â
