James, I don't know if your steering column end in your 59 is the same as in
my 60, but mine has a knife-blade type finger end that slips into a U shaped
groove in the steering box spline adapter (one side is female spline, the
other is the U slot). When the rubber bushing in mine wore out, I had my
steering box rebuilt, and replaced the idler arm bushing. While the column
was out, I made my own modern bushing out of silicone, but that was too
soft. Then I tried making one out of hard poly plastic, the kind your
wastepaper basket is made of. Actually, I took a rubbermaid bin and sliced
rectangles, which I epoxied together and shaped for a perfect fit. Now the
steering on my Saratoga is no different than on any new car--nice and tight.
Brion
----- Original Message -----
From: "James" <sartana@xxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 12:13 PM
Subject: [FWDLK] Steering play
> The recent talk about the amount of play in the steering wheel brings my
> situation to mind. I have what I consider a great deal of play in my
wheel.
> I have no idea what is a normal amount of play but what I have seems
> excessive. I can drive 70 on the freeway without a problem but each and
> every correction does take more then a slight turn of the wheel. How much
is
> too much? Is there any sort of specific measurements on this? Many of the
> emails of the subject did not go to the group as a whole. I would like to
> know what I can do to fix the "problem".
>
> Thanks.
>
> James
> 1959 Dodge
>
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