After testing my bus over the last few days I have noticed a slight issue.

When it gets above 90 mph or so the steering wheel goes very 'light' like there isnt anything attached to the end of it

The spindles are relatively new, The tie rods are all top notch the idler pin is fine and there is only a very small amount of play (hardly noticeable, you touch the steering wheel to turn it slightly and the wheels instantly move) which I found is down to the drag link from the steering box arm to the idler arm.
Where the tie rod end screws into the threaded arm there is no clamp to tighten the thread down (like there is on tie rods) and as a result the thread has worn slightly.
Im going to weld this up so it solid to eliminate this very minimal play.

Has anyone any ideas on what it might be ? or is this common on vans that are only designed to do 55 mph

I dont fancy loosing it at the end of the strip !!!

Why on earth would anyone want to let alone try to do 90mph in a 40 year old vehicle designed to do 55-60mph max?

I assume you were in Germany on the derestricted carridgeway whilst carrying out these 'tests'?

The splitster wrote:Why on earth would anyone want to let alone try to do 90mph in a 40 year old vehicle designed to do 55-60mph max?

I assume you were in Germany on the derestricted carridgeway whilst carrying out these 'tests'?

No Nick you assumed wrong , It was on a private disused airfield near me.

I take it your not a fan of drag racing buses then.

Thanks for the informative reply tho

Funny the same happens to mine,at around the same speed,manage to hold it up to around 100 then bottle it,must be the air lifting the front(thinking of fitting a removable spoiler for the strip)
I dont like drag racing buses
I LOVE THEM
Tony C

When my old man use to drag race cars in his youth, they ran ballast in the front to keep the nose down a little more, i use to run a bag of cemment in the Notch as that use to go floaty light

May seem like a weird idea, but it worked and he was on the team that developed the Metro 6R4...and worked on Le Man's They did similar there as well. Although one year they skimmed down the brake discs to save weight

Perhaps lead on the front or the old fashioned B&Q way

Rustyhitop Phil wrote:When my old man use to drag race cars in his youth, they ran ballast in the front to keep the nose down a little more, i use to run a bag of cemment in the Notch as that use to go floaty light

So eat a few more pies then
Tony C

perhaps it was my skinny ass, on another note try driving a standard height High roof across a bridge in high winds....

Interesting! In have no ideas how you guys have the bottle to drag a bus

How about 135mph in a bug

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jTdDENI ... re=related

Sorry no help to you tufty but this car is

does the same happen if you do the same speed with a passenger in the front?

Exact same here even with the Mrs up front with me, over 90 & its so light i bottled it

Menace wrote:Exact same here even with the Mrs up front with me, over 90 & its so light i bottled it

You need me upfront

Or the Mrs to bring a friend....

Rustyhitop Phil wrote:Or the Mrs to bring a friend....

My Mrs Did I really say that I may have to moderate my own post