Steering wheel angle while towing
Just picked up a 2007 Nash 27E. Noticed on the drive home the same steering wheel "problem" I had with a prior trailer. Wondering if anyone has ever seen this? It seems like with the trailer hooked...
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Sorry we have been moving so I have not gotten to really address any of these issues.
I did discover what I believe to be the cause of the steering wheel being off center.
While loading the pickup bed with a reasonable amount of weight / household goods. It would cause off center steering. The steering would be off center even with little visual sag on the rear end but I would guess there was 200-400lbs of stuff in the bed....
I can see having light or "floaty" steering if you took too much weight off the front axle, but my F150 seems to get light steering and has off center problems "easily?" I'm wondering if I should take it by the dealer maybe there is something wrong with the electronic steering components.
Going off my last weighed measurements the front axle weighed 3680 and the rear weighed 3820. That's roughly 49/51 weight distribution, you can't really ask for much better than that... It seems like that "little" weight being off the front axle shouldn't cause such a steering issue?
I did discover what I believe to be the cause of the steering wheel being off center.
While loading the pickup bed with a reasonable amount of weight / household goods. It would cause off center steering. The steering would be off center even with little visual sag on the rear end but I would guess there was 200-400lbs of stuff in the bed....
I can see having light or "floaty" steering if you took too much weight off the front axle, but my F150 seems to get light steering and has off center problems "easily?" I'm wondering if I should take it by the dealer maybe there is something wrong with the electronic steering components.
Going off my last weighed measurements the front axle weighed 3680 and the rear weighed 3820. That's roughly 49/51 weight distribution, you can't really ask for much better than that... It seems like that "little" weight being off the front axle shouldn't cause such a steering issue?
