2004 Holiday Rambler Endeavor DP.
I just purchased this RV and when backing in my driveway the brakes on the front made a loud grinding vibrating noise when the brakes were applied. If I eased off slightly they would quite down. 2nd P...
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One of the more obscure problems that affects steering and wandering is apparently a too-new, too-tight front end. By this I mean that castering only works if the vehicle can basically self-steer mostly straight down the road itself. This means it can bump minor obstacles, the steering wheel may momentarily wobble, but it should return to straight by itself, including after a turn.
The problem manifests thusly:
One finally gets the truck going straight when some minor bump changes vehicle direction just slightly. One must now slightly steer to correct, maybe an inch of steering wheel travel arc. The truck then religiously follows this slightly new direction and several minor overcorrections later, it's straight again. Until it again hits some very minor road deviation. Then the whole thing starts over. It acts like there is a vise grip under the dash binding the steering shaft. The attention requirement is like trying to balance a narrow coin on edge. Then the coin gets periodically bumped and falls. A wide bushing on edge would remain upright, even returning to upright when slightly leaned. That is the sort of low-attention caster stability one needs when driving.
The reason I am aware of this is I bought a used F-250 and it doesn't steer right, constantly requiring close attention to correct the path. The steering is definately sticky (TSB) although one might be first tempted to assume looseness or alignment issues. It is not loose and alignment is correct. There are several things that do cause tightness or binding and I am working on them.
Wes
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One of the more obscure problems that affects steering and wandering is apparently a too-new, too-tight front end. By this I mean that castering only works if the vehicle can basically self-steer mostly straight down the road itself. This means it can bump minor obstacles, the steering wheel may momentarily wobble, but it should return to straight by itself, including after a turn.
The problem manifests thusly:
One finally gets the truck going straight when some minor bump changes vehicle direction just slightly. One must now slightly steer to correct, maybe an inch of steering wheel travel arc. The truck then religiously follows this slightly new direction and several minor overcorrections later, it's straight again. Until it again hits some very minor road deviation. Then the whole thing starts over. It acts like there is a vise grip under the dash binding the steering shaft. The attention requirement is like trying to balance a narrow coin on edge. Then the coin gets periodically bumped and falls. A wide bushing on edge would remain upright, even returning to upright when slightly leaned. That is the sort of low-attention caster stability one needs when driving.
The reason I am aware of this is I bought a used F-250 and it doesn't steer right, constantly requiring close attention to correct the path. The steering is definately sticky (TSB) although one might be first tempted to assume looseness or alignment issues. It is not loose and alignment is correct. There are several things that do cause tightness or binding and I am working on them.
Wes
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