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Originally Posted by BILL WILLIAMSON
Slack in the radius ball gets "overlooked" many times! Just think, with a loose ball, if you welded a TILLER handle to the rear of the radius rods, you could LITERALLY "STEER" the car with it!
You also have to KNOW if the socket set up is original, or the larger set up, that was designed to accommodate the rubber ball.
Another, often overlooked thing, is loose nuts that secure the steering arms to the spindles, usually causing a side to side "WOBBLY" FEELING, at "MID" speeds!
Bill W.
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Good advice. I believe my car is fairly original, and the steel radius ball is still there... no evidence of ever having a rubber conversion. I fixed all my wobble by redoing spindle balls and drag link ball, with new (shorter) pitman arm, and new kingpins and bushings. The brakes are all redone, with Flathead Ted stuff in it.
One last fix: cast iron drums tomorrow, and I'm in tall cotton!
Chuck