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jjrsmp12
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 6:28 pm: | |
1980 Eagle 10. I finally located the power steering reservoir. I was actually looking in the short bay on drivers side. Air compressor. Anyways, if the bus is not running, I can move the steering wheel 1/4 turn with no resistance, then it becomes super hard to turn. Is this common? Thanks |
david anderson (Davidanderson)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, June 08, 2005 - 9:45 pm: | |
I can turn my wheel about 45 degrees each way before resistance.
I had a bad wandering problem when I bought my coach 5 years ago. I took it to a bus mechanic and had some serious worn out parts in radius rod bushing and the axle hanger arms. It appeared that Houston Metro never greased the bus. After $5000 worth of Eagle parts from Jefferson truck, I had everything fixed.
I still wasn't satisfied with the handling, so I took it to a truck alignment. He said my toe in and casting were correct, so no problem there.
I then pulled the Ross box and sent it to BAB steering for a rebuild. $800 later I had a rebuilt gear box. Now, I reistalled this myself and had to get the steering arm back on exactly as removed. Luckily, I did it correctly.
Come to find out most of my problem (outside the worn front end parts) lay in a steering column modification I made to a VIP steering column. This is a whole other story.
I don't know if this helps you diagnose your problem, but if you have a bad wandering coach, I recommend you have that front end looked at by a bus guy or alignment guy. My front end was really worn out and near collapse. I'm lucky the front wheel assembly didn't fall off.
David Anderson |
Jtng
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, June 09, 2005 - 1:56 am: | |
Re:
"if the bus is not running, I can move the steering wheel
1/4 turn with no resistance"
(Where's TD when we need him?)
With MCIs, that's normal. If the engine's off, the power steering
isn't operating, and the play will be 1/4 turn or more. |
TWODOGS (Twodogs)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, June 09, 2005 - 10:30 am: | |
you MUST go" rumm...rumm.".. when playing with the steering wheel.... |
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