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Steering

• Steering Wheel Install

  Here is a great way to update an older car's interior for a small amount of money in a short amount of time. A new steering wheel is fairly easy to install and doesn't require a lot of expensive... Read More

• Steering Joint Upgrade

  Wear on your steering system may not show up all at once. You just adapt to it until one day you realize you've got a whole lot of play in the steering wheel; or, worse yet, too much play in the... Read More

• Mustang GT350 Restomod 1

  Actually, the car shown here is not an authentic Shelby GT350, but a re-creation like so many thousands of others produced over the years. In comparison to the paltry number of original GT350s... Read More

• Steering Wheel R&R

  Although I've worked on cars for more than 35 years, I've never removed a steering wheel—not that I shouldn't have. Some of the cars I've owned have had horns that didn't blow and signal lights... Read More

• Steering Power

  A power steering pressure hose failure can be dramatic. Even a small hole in a pressure hose can cause power steering fluid to rapidly exit the system, usually landing all over something hot like an... Read More

• Adjusting Slack in Rack-and-Pinion Steering

  The mechanics of steering around corners, chuckholes, and squirrels is something most folks don't give much thought to while driving, and with good reason. Drifting off into a daydream about ball... Read More

• Tie Score

  In a classic "foot bone connected to the leg bone connected to the hip bone" scenario, the front end in your vehicle not only handles steering chores, it also absorbs bumps, chuckholes, and other... Read More

• Putting the Power Back in Power Steering

  Power steering was first used on a vehicle way back in the 1920s. While systems have grown more refined, the operating principle remains largely unchanged. The power steering system brings together... Read More

• Sway Bar Bushing Replacement

  The ironic thing about a sway bar is that, rather than cause the car to sway to and fro, it actually works as an anti-sway or stabilizer bar. The system of steel bars and rubber bushings is designed... Read More

• Wandering Woes?

  Not having your vehicle go where you direct it is disconcerting, to say the least. On urban freeways or expressways, where higher speeds and close quarters prevail, this problem can be undeniably... Read More

• Steering You Right

  Pint-for-pint, the one or two quarts of power steering fluid required by your passenger car are probably some of the least appreciated fluids under the hood. Considering what it does, and how much a... Read More

• Replacing Tie-Rod Ends

  Steering and brakes are two vehicular systems that are often best left to professional mechanics to diagnose and repair. However, certain routine-maintenance procedures in these areas don't require... Read More

• Power Steering Box Replacement

  Unless you drive a car or truck equipped with rack-and-pinion steering, there's a good chance your vehicle utilizes a frame-mounted powering steering gearbox. Durable and relatively simple in design,... Read More

• Upper Ball Joint Service

  Typically, a pickle fork is used to separate ball joints from the steering knuckle/spindle on any car. Unfortunately, the combination of a pickle fork, a heavy hammer and too many blows can destroy... Read More

• How Steering Works

  Back when we were kids, we were happy to steer our home-built go-karts with a piece of rope. Add a few decades of personal driving experience, a few thousand pounds of metal and a lot more speed, and... Read More