Hi
So, after last problems i have issues with my power steering. I would like to know what you are thinking about....
Fist my power steering Box was leaking very much. So i ordered a remanufactured one from LARES. So last week i replaced the old power steering Box with the remanufactured... So far so good. But since this time the handling from my car really sucks now. At center position i can turn the steering wheel i think 25° to the left and 25° to the right and nothing happens. At the street when cornering first i need to turn the steering wheel 25° and nothing happens and then the wheels will turn and this feels very bad. If i drive a straight line, of course the car follows the ruts from the street... and with 50° of free play in my steering i spin on this steering wheel like the guys from old movies to hold the car in line.
Terrible driving no fun at all. So i knew there is a play adjustment screw on the top of the steering box. I tried to loosen but everything was very tight (strange by a remanufactured part). But after hard work it was possible to turn everything and i screwed the adjustment screw more then one complete turn inwards to the box, till the screw was tight almost. Then fixed the screw.
Now its possible to drive. I still have free play but its much much better to drive. With the old steering box handling was perfect, no free play like a new car almost. And with the Lares now its similar with adjustment screwed in.
Now i am wondering why a remanufactured steering Box comes to me like this. The free play should be adjusted, or i am wrong?? I cant belive it haves to be like this. Does this damage the steering box if i drive around with the adjuster screwed in tight almost?
If this is important; I have a 70 Dodge Challenger but a 73/74 Steering Box.
Thanks
