Hello, all! I don't post hardly at all, but I need your collective insight, guidance, advice, and what-not! Car is a 73 Plymouth Custom Suburban I purchased over 10 years ago. At that time the car was rough and I could tell the condition of the steering was reallly bad. Wandered like a bus on city streets, really nasty-scary on the freeway. Over the last couple of years I have completely rebuilt the front suspension, replaced the steering gear box, replaced the pitman and idler arms, as well as the rag-joint and sliding joint on the column. Everything is tight now but I have no on-center feel, the steering wheel does not return to center, as if there is no positive caster at all. On the freeway I have to really pay attention to lane changes. An alignment shop I went to said there was something not right and could not get an alignment done. Now, I have done similar work on my son's 70 Fury, which is setup like the Suburban, and to this day he says he can let the wheel go on the freeway and the car tracks straight. When I drive the 70 Fury it feels great. Tried the same adjustments on the 73 Suburban as the 70 Fury and nothing is right. I checked the lower control arms to make sure they are straight and not bent and according to my straight edge and laser chingadera, they are okay. I don't see anything out of sorts on the sub-frame, but that's just with my eyeball and a ruler. It's almost as if the mounting points for the upper control arms are not in the right spot.
Would greatly appreciate your thoughts, please!
Would greatly appreciate your thoughts, please!