Reply to "Tight Steering"

dickruzzinMember

Do not drive the car!
Jack the car up on the front subframe. Check the upper balljoints, they likely have never been greased.

To grease them take the three 8MM bolts off of the upper A-arm where it meets the upper ball joint. The A-arm will then swing up. There you will see a 10mm bolt. Remove that and screw in a grease fitting and grease the joint well.

That should do it. Check the joint for any cracks.

If you keep driving the car the steering will continue to get harder and the upper ball joint will break. That happened to Herb Grasses car three days after he bought it, he was three blocks from home. He had it put on a trailer and because they were so close to his house they did not secure the car. It fell off on the first corner. That is how he got a new paint job among other things.

DICK RUZZIN

11/21/174:22 AM

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