Steering dead zone

[rob88]

Well, have to throw in my two cents. The steering definitely has a large dead zone. When the truck needs a minor steering correction due to wind or road crown, etc, the correction may require rotation through the dead zone before the minor correction can be made. As a result the wheel is moved more than it should have to be for small correction that otherwise might not annoy. It is better than some trucks I have owned, but also worse than others. It seems like it should be resolvable and I hope Ineos or aftermarket do just that.

In the mean time I am getting good at making the correction, but it does keep you busy on the freeway. For such a tight truck, it is surprising to me that this is the case. This does not condemn the truck in my view, but it can (and I am sure will) be better!

 

[bigleonski]

I had my tyres rotated balanced and an alignment done a couple of months ago.
Before then, I had about a centimeter of wobble in the steering, maybe less. Since the alignment it’s three times that, and because of that I get the sense on the highway the car is all over the road. It also feels like I am constantly pulling it back straight against the camber of the road.
In fact, if I take hands off the wheel it tracks dead straight and true for as long as I leave it. But because of the “dead zone” as you call it, it feels like it’s all over the road and I’m therefore doing little corrections all the time. But I’m not really. Because the steering wheel’s vague my mind plays tricks and thinks it has to correct all the time.

So, I’ll need to get that sorted, and it could well be your issue as well.


The above notwithstanding, I also believe you need to drive the grenny like you steer a boat. Early slow inputs rather than quick sharp ones, which it doesn’t like at all. Get that into your mindset, and it’s great to drive.