Steering stabilizer bar

[LC0013]

Sadly that is not everyone's experience. Some are even finding the steering to be borderline dangerous at speed.

I actually find that hard to believe. Wife and I drove 4,000 miles last summer for a trip out west. Just took 10 days. No issues at for me driving 10 hour days and never once felt that it was dangerous. However, at almost 70 years of age perhaps my experience driving exceeds most on here.

 

[Dokatd]

Or you are a Real Man brought up on Armstrong steering

Well, somehow I must have dodged that classification because I ran no power steering most of my 20's with 40" tires, clearly I'm no real man.

 

[Dokatd]

I actually find that hard to believe. Wife and I drove 4,000 miles last summer for a trip out west. Just took 10 days. No issues at for me driving 10 hour days and never once felt that it was dangerous. However, at almost 70 years of age perhaps my experience driving exceeds most on here.

Or you sense of lane control has diminished over time

 

[LC0013]

Or you sense of lane control has diminished over time

No wrecks in my 56 years of driving. You?

 

[Tazzieman]

Well, somehow I must have dodged that classification because I ran no power steering most of my 20's with 40" tires, clearly I'm no real man.

Neither of us are young pups now.
Do you take the steps or look for the elevator?
Greetings from Dubrovnik!

 

[Zimm]

I don’t mind the stiff steering wheel in local driving and helping with the return to center. My main issue is the squirrel like steering on the highway. When I look down to adjust air and look back up, I notice I’m wandering out of my lane!

you gotta keep at it with the dealer. They replaced a bunch of rear control arm bolts on mine and did a whole procedure to align the axles from the beginning like it was just built, and now I'm running a stock stabilizer, higher pressure in the tires, and it stays in its lane, tracking like a Ford e350 thats new, not 50000 in where where you feel like you're in a 2 hour tennis match with your left arm.

I suspect some of these came like mine, with a rear axle slightly out creating a thrust angle, and they fixed it at the factory by jiggering with the front alignment, which due to SAI and other angles will not work 100%. Insist on a complete alignment.

 

[Logsplitter]

Neither of us are young pups now.
Do you take the steps or look for the elevator?
Greetings from Dubrovnik!
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Steps every time

 

[Chadd7]

you gotta keep at it with the dealer. They replaced a bunch of rear control arm bolts on mine and did a whole procedure to align the axles from the beginning like it was just built, and now I'm running a stock stabilizer, higher pressure in the tires, and it stays in its lane, tracking like a Ford e350 thats new, not 50000 in where where you feel like you're in a 2 hour tennis match with your left arm.

I suspect some of these came like mine, with a rear axle slightly out creating a thrust angle, and they fixed it at the factory by jiggering with the front alignment, which due to SAI and other angles will not work 100%. Insist on a complete alignment.

Interesting. Thanks for sharing this.

 

[Grey Wolf]

I have no problem with my steering and feel comfortable at 70mph on motorway. The only time I felt wandering was when I first got the vehicle and the tires were pumped up too hard.

Same. With a lower tyre pressure and a few thousand miles on the clock, personally I don't see what all the fuss is about. I don't have any issues with the steering. The turning radius could be better but you can allow for it in most situations.