Loose Steering

Unknown

Thanks for the help with the trans. Now on to the steering.



Last year when I did the brakes, I noticed that I could move the front wheels back and forth a little bit. When driving, the car sometimes wants to change lanes. Not a huge deal, but you do kind of have to stay on top of it.



I've read about a "steering pin" and shimming it up, or something. I don't have a very good mental pic of how the steering works. I do have a manual.



How do I tighten up the steering?



http://moltar.chrishull.com/pics/Hudson24Sept2006/rightwithvisor2.jpg



And after that, seat belts.



Thanks;

-Chris

brnhornet52*

Hi Chris,



The center pin is located on the front crossmember. Both of your tie rods, and the drag link from the steering box connect altogether there. There are roller bearings inside the housing along with the pin. which is staked to the steering arm from the drag link. You might have to replace these bearings should you have a lot of side to side play at the wheels when jacked up.

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that's a nice looking ride!!!! you should be very proud of her

Unknown

My wife Linda picked the color, after months of deciding. We decided on "modern, yet 40s", and a commercial paint that we can get again for touch ups.



I'm very happy with the car, and thank you all for helping us out.



-Chris

Unknown

Chris,



You might want to check the adjustment of your worn gear. The info for which is in the manual.



Dave

Unknown

Chris, it looks like you are still running bias ply tires. If you are they will contribute a lot to the problem of wanting to change lanes suddenly. You will find if you switch to radials the problem will be gone. My 2 cents...Jim

Geoff

Jimalberta wrote:

Chris, it looks like you are still running bias ply tires. If you are they will contribute a lot to the problem of wanting to change lanes suddenly. You will find if you switch to radials the problem will be gone. My 2 cents...Jim

What has changed? Back in the days when cars only had bias ply tyres, they never used to wander all over the road? I learned to drive in the fifties, and cars behaved themselves impeccably. Is it the way they build the roads nowadays? I never had the opportunity to drive a new Hudson, because we didn't get any of them here, but I drove all sorts of other new cars, Austins, Fords, De-Sotos, Chevies, etc, and they all went in a straight line.

Geoff.

SamJ

The March/April 2006 issue of White Triangle News has a step-by-step article on how to restore your centerpoint steering. If you do not have a copy, email me with your snail mail address and I will send you one. HETfortyqtpi@earthlink.net. (Drop the HET).:cool:

Unknown

Geoff I don't know what has changed except maybe our expectations of performance. I remeber driving on bias ply tires and I do remember on groovy roads the car wanting to follow the grooves. We are so used to the modern cars and straight steering that we expect it on all cars. My 54 wasp has tight steering and steers great but I would never go back to bias ply tires. The only advantage with bias ply might be easier steering at low speeds but that is it.

nick s

Jimalberta wrote:

Chris, it looks like you are still running bias ply tires. If you are they will contribute a lot to the problem of wanting to change lanes suddenly. You will find if you switch to radials the problem will be gone. My 2 cents...Jim

chris, continue to pursue the real cause of your trouble, any improvement by switching to radials would only mask the problem and i doubt you want any serious issues hanging around there. other than grooved pavement or the occasional rut that the bias may grab hold of, you shouldn't notice much of a difference on the highway between quality bias and a set of radials.

Unknown

I would never suggest using radials to "mask"a problem but radial tires were developed for a reason. Improved handling. The first cars to use radials were race cars. On the other hand Hudsons were raced for many years on bias ply so what do I know?

Unknown

I agree , make sure all the parts are in good order - but how ever good it drives with bias tires , it will drive noticably better with radials