Oversteering with S10 box

orange87gp

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Jun 23, 2010
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I have had a S10 manual steering box on my 87 GP for several years and when I am at full lock either left or right the outside wheel drags instead of rolling. I never realized it was doing this until a friend pointed it out the other day. Has any one run across this and what can be done to correct it?
 

malicad

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Dec 8, 2009
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I'm pretty sure the steering stop isn't adjusted correctly. There is a way to do it, but I'm not sure of the correct procedure, sorry. That's what it sounds like to me anyways... :D
 

malicad

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^^True...if the pitman arm is too long (wrong one), it would increase the amount the wheels travel when turned (increasing the ackerman effect). I don't know how much ackerman is built into our cars from the factory, but I wouldn't mess with it.
 

orange87gp

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Jun 23, 2010
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If the S10 pitman arm is longer that would make sense (longer arm more travel). I used the pitman arm off of the S10 box. I will measure the length of the pitman arms on both boxes to see if there is a difference.
 

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