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Old Aug 25, 2015 | 04:50 PM
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The steering on my 62 is very poor at speeds under about 10mph. It take substantial effort to turn the wheel and it feels "jerky".

Does anyone offer a rebuilding service for the steering box and are parts available if one wants to rebuild the box themself? Thanks for any info.
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Rebuild is usually because of too much play and car wandering, does it work well over 10 mph ? Chip
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And, what kind of tires are you running? How wide? Radials? My repro 6.70X15 bias plys steer very easily at low speed on my '61.....of course they are VERY skinny across the tread!
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