VIP Steering Wheel Size

[Gardner Yeaw]

Gary,
I agree on the power steering maintenance. As the old saying
goes, 'an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure'. But I did
have a PS failure on my Jeep Grand Cherokee on a hair-pin exit ramp
once and it scared the cra# out of me. I have taken a lesson from
that experience and tend to take exits much slower than I used to.
The reality is, however, that I am trying to justify the expense
vs the reward. The fnacy steering wheels are a bit pricey.

Gardner
78FC33 (with a 'Big Wheel'

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Gary Miller"
wrote:
>
> Ahhh. The old steering wheel size debate.
>
> If your power steering goes out, and you're moving, my experience
is
> that the adrenaline is high, and the steering wheel being a couple
> inches smaller in diameter doesn't matter much because slight
changes
> aren't that hard to make. City driving will be out of the
question
> in any case, regardless of steering wheel size.
>
> What is important is preventing the power steering failure in the
> first place (which is extremely rare, by the way). Have a good
belt
> on it, have a good pump (no leaks), and you may want to install a
> vent in the reservoir since it should have one and likely doesn't
if
> it's an FC in the '83 to '86 range (don't know about PT's). Fluid
> expands when it's hot and if there's no vent, it hurts the seals
and
> oozes at the hose connections.
>
> Flat tire? Had those too. Wheel size is not important, they're
very
> controllable if you don't panic and over-correct. Again,
prevention
> is key, run good tires.
>
> This experience comes from helping Jeff buy old FC's and get them
> home for restoration. Eventially, we wised up and just replaced
all
> the tires b4 heading home.
>
> Gary Miller
> 83 FC 33 - For Sale
> Milwaukee area
>