Manual or Power Steering
Post Fiend
Joined: Jun 2002
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From: Atlanta GA
If you need a quick and easy fix, roomwise, just put on a Motorcraft FL-300.
> it will rip the wheel right out of your hands
Yea, I had 33x12.50s and just gentle off-road stuff rotted. The worse is being in a rut and not having enough forward movement to drive around trees while turning the wheel. Then having a wheel hit a stump or rock and having the wheel twisted out of your grip.
> it will rip the wheel right out of your hands
Yea, I had 33x12.50s and just gentle off-road stuff rotted. The worse is being in a rut and not having enough forward movement to drive around trees while turning the wheel. Then having a wheel hit a stump or rock and having the wheel twisted out of your grip.
Last edited by rebocardo; Nov 17, 2004 at 11:26 PM.
Cargo Master
Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 2,110
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From: southwest pa
you could always go with the steering wheel that alot of the dirt track runners and some of the go karters use. its an aluminum steering wheel thats more like a dog bowl........no spokes or holes in there. keeps your thumbs out of the wheel without thinking about it. i've hear more than a few stories about racers taggin each other and getting broken thumbs from the wheel bein jerked around.
Cargo Master
Joined: Apr 2004
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From: Golden, CO
I don't know the specifics for your Bronco, but I can't help but think beefier components will be a good thing. I'm thinking along the lines of design parameters for the early Broncos. I don't think Henry had 36s in mind when he produced that truck.
My '74 F-100 came with power assist removed and a 15" steering wheel. I was a warehouse dog at the time, so the drive to work was just a warm up.
On one of my many trips to the junkya... uh.. automotive parts recycling center, I found a 17" steering wheel in the same body style van. The bigger wheel made a difference, but things like parking and backing a trailer can be a little time consuming.
The biggest tire I've run is a 33x12.50, it's the 12.50 part (section width) that increases resistance to turning and gives road surfaces more leverage against your steering. Something to keep in mind when you're looking at different tire profiles. Off road they weren't too bad in comparison to other width tires, they all "hunt" for the path of least resistance. My self, I like the feedback, my hands tell me what my eyes can't. On the few occasions the wheel has "whipped", I held on tighter and crawled over whatever was in the way. After all, Henry didn't really design this light duty suspension and steering for flotation tires, especially wide ones.
FWIW, I'm converting to power steering:
1)Parking
2)Trailering
3)So my wife can hop in and drive to her girlfriend's house in the mountians. One less reason for her to despise the beast.
See ya in the weeds, Mike
My '74 F-100 came with power assist removed and a 15" steering wheel. I was a warehouse dog at the time, so the drive to work was just a warm up.
On one of my many trips to the junkya... uh.. automotive parts recycling center, I found a 17" steering wheel in the same body style van. The bigger wheel made a difference, but things like parking and backing a trailer can be a little time consuming.
The biggest tire I've run is a 33x12.50, it's the 12.50 part (section width) that increases resistance to turning and gives road surfaces more leverage against your steering. Something to keep in mind when you're looking at different tire profiles. Off road they weren't too bad in comparison to other width tires, they all "hunt" for the path of least resistance. My self, I like the feedback, my hands tell me what my eyes can't. On the few occasions the wheel has "whipped", I held on tighter and crawled over whatever was in the way. After all, Henry didn't really design this light duty suspension and steering for flotation tires, especially wide ones.
FWIW, I'm converting to power steering:
1)Parking
2)Trailering
3)So my wife can hop in and drive to her girlfriend's house in the mountians. One less reason for her to despise the beast.
See ya in the weeds, Mike