I’m not quite sure how to explain this, but I’ll give it a try.
I’m happy with the steering on the Cat. It does’t do that constant wiggle left, right, left, right that makes you keep your hand on the wheel. It’s not like the way kids pretend they’re driving at the wheel.
Traveling at highway speed it stays perfectly true center and if you watched the wheel on a video you would think the car is parked. Moving on . . .
What I don’t like is that feeling of the steering being way too easy at speed. As if I had to steer around an object on the road I could loose control for over swaying like shifting your weight around on a cheap waterbed. (Still trying to articulate this).
I don’t know if it’s weak, old shocks, too small diameter sway bar, if the valving in the steering rack needs something, something amiss with the power steering pump, or are the springs too old - too weak?
I just know it makes for a bit of un-easiness driving. I can certainly understand it’s not a late model car, a bit of the “Old car character” is inherently part of full size car handling, but I’ve owned and drove plenty of cars this size and weight and they were not this bad. The one factor of those other cars - they were mostly restored.
Must I replace every aspect of the suspension to get a firm ride or a tighter feel of the wheel?
I’m happy with the steering on the Cat. It does’t do that constant wiggle left, right, left, right that makes you keep your hand on the wheel. It’s not like the way kids pretend they’re driving at the wheel.
Traveling at highway speed it stays perfectly true center and if you watched the wheel on a video you would think the car is parked. Moving on . . .
What I don’t like is that feeling of the steering being way too easy at speed. As if I had to steer around an object on the road I could loose control for over swaying like shifting your weight around on a cheap waterbed. (Still trying to articulate this).
I don’t know if it’s weak, old shocks, too small diameter sway bar, if the valving in the steering rack needs something, something amiss with the power steering pump, or are the springs too old - too weak?
I just know it makes for a bit of un-easiness driving. I can certainly understand it’s not a late model car, a bit of the “Old car character” is inherently part of full size car handling, but I’ve owned and drove plenty of cars this size and weight and they were not this bad. The one factor of those other cars - they were mostly restored.
Must I replace every aspect of the suspension to get a firm ride or a tighter feel of the wheel?