Does it have a tilt column? I had excess play in the steering and had my
tilt column rebuilt and it improved. There's a plastic bushing at the tilt
joint that tends to wear out.

Jay


"Ken Finney" <kenneth.c.finney@boeing.com> wrote in message
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> After way too much money spent on my 1982 CJ's front end, it still doesn't
> steer like my previous CJ did. All the steering linkages are tight, and
the
> power steering box is rebuilt.. When I start to turn the steering wheel,
> there is no slop, but instead of instantly turning, I have to turn the
> steering wheel farther before the vehicle starts turning. My previous CJ,
> any movement of the steering wheel caused the vehicle to turn. Any ideas?
> Would a weak power steering pump cause this?
>
>
>
>

 

"Johnathan Marrin" <johnathanmarrin@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:3wgWa.33591$hOa.10578@news02.bloor.is.net.cab le.rogers.com...
> Does it have a tilt column? I had excess play in the steering and had my
> tilt column rebuilt and it improved. There's a plastic bushing at the
tilt
> joint that tends to wear out.
>
> Jay
>
>
> "Ken Finney" <kenneth.c.finney@boeing.com> wrote in message
> news:HIuJDM.F0r@news.boeing.com...
> > After way too much money spent on my 1982 CJ's front end, it still
doesn't
> > steer like my previous CJ did. All the steering linkages are tight, and
> the
> > power steering box is rebuilt.. When I start to turn the steering
wheel,
> > there is no slop, but instead of instantly turning, I have to turn the
> > steering wheel farther before the vehicle starts turning. My previous
CJ,
> > any movement of the steering wheel caused the vehicle to turn. Any
ideas?
> > Would a weak power steering pump cause this?
> >

No. I was lucky, my previous CJ that did have a tilt column had zero play.