Center steering arm bushing ?

Posted by DrMorbius On 2016/10/25 23:15:34

Hi, just a quick question - I find that once I'm moving the steering is fine and straight. At rest it appears very heavy (a woman would have a really tough time steering my '39 Super 8). I found with the car on the lift the suspension is in pretty good shape except for one thing - the center arm steering bushing has a lot of up and down and sideways slop when I lift up and down on the left and right tie rod ends. Now just to be correct, is what I'm calling it, the center steering arm bushing, the right term? It's located under the center of the crankshaft wheel, pretty much, and looks protected by the suspension housing which has slots where you can see but not easily get to and would it give that heavy steering feel at rest?

Thank you!

Steve