HELP!!!! Power steering too touchy???

[tHeOnEGT]

My 90 notch has 15:1 power steering rack w/new inner tie rods, outer tie rods, and stock PS pump and pulley. It was origanally a 4cyl so i really dont know if its a 4 cyl pump or 8 cyl pump.

to the point, it will swerve left or right very easily when steering. I mean like just toching a bit to the left or right and the car will move a good foot to either side. I wouldlike to have it rather tighter or stiffer as u would say.

Any recomendations on what i should do, maybe a different PS pump or different PS pulley?


thanks,
eric

 

[hemi_fan]

Im pretty sure it does that because its a Ford... My dad tells me that Fords have always had darty steering, even back when he had a 71 LTD... I just accepted that the car becomes darty and unstable at highway speeds (or higher). But im sure it can be fixed somehow.

 

[blkstangman88]

ford may have "darting" steering but they dont make u-turns worth a damn!!

 

[tHeOnEGT]

its not unstable at high speeds, but it definitly is annyoing.My 01 gt wasnt like this, and my corrola is fine too. I thought my corrola was a bit touchy, but my stang is so much more, that corrola feels like a gem now.

I hope somebody has some idea on how to make it stiffer???

 

[HISSIN50]

i dont have a cure for you, but will share that mine is the same way. i kinda wish i had not used a quick ratio rack on it. for me, the steering is very easy to move (like with a pinky), as well as reacting very quickly. the other cars i have are not like this - i wrote it off as being idiosynchratic of the stang PS.

a FR manual rack would cure it.
good luck.