Re: Re: Loading and effects on the steering

[MrJones]

Hello
if I understand , what you had on this car is (in French ) ” shimmy ” . A lot of série have this ,it is not serious and it is not a Dormobile problem . You can load the car as you want .
For “shimmy” : it’s easy to repare , the problem come from swivel pins , they are not enough tighten .
Put front whells on the jack , take off whells , disconnect ball joints , you can see that front hubs are very free and it’s because they are too free that you have shimmy .
Withdraw the upper swivel pin , there are some shims , remove one of them and refit le swivel , and whatch if it is less free, the hub must give (few) resistance when you move it with hands , if it’s too much refit this shim and remove an other thiner . If it’s always too free , remove a second shim .
It is good to change railko
The manual gives 3.6 to 4.5 for the resistance on the hub , on an old car it is not enough

I hope you understand my english , I kneed practice
Regards
Michel