66 Dodge Coronet Steering Help

njk53 · 06-04-2014, 03:01 PM

I need some help with the steering on my driver 66 Coronet.
Needless to say the car steers and handles terrible. On the freeway the car seems to wander and the car feels darty when you move the wheel just a bit. It just doesn't feel stable at 60 mph you get the feeling the car is top heavy. All of the front end components are new, ball joints, control arm bushings, tie rod ends etc. The steering box is a power unit from Firm Feel. I converted the front brakes to disc using the stock components from a Dodge Diplomat which has a 3/4" taller spindle than the stock Coronet spindle. I have all of the hardware from a Dodge Dart which is the same as height as the stock Coronet spindle. I was thinking on going to the Dart disc brake set up but, I was told the Diplomat brake stuff shouldn't matter. I am also not terribly pleased with the Firm Feel steering box and was thinking on going to a manual unit. Any suggestions or comments would be appreciated

06-04-2014, 03:01 PM	#1
njk53 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: East China, MI Posts: 504 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	66 Dodge Coronet Steering Help I need some help with the steering on my driver 66 Coronet. Needless to say the car steers and handles terrible. On the freeway the car seems to wander and the car feels darty when you move the wheel just a bit. It just doesn't feel stable at 60 mph you get the feeling the car is top heavy. All of the front end components are new, ball joints, control arm bushings, tie rod ends etc. The steering box is a power unit from Firm Feel. I converted the front brakes to disc using the stock components from a Dodge Diplomat which has a 3/4" taller spindle than the stock Coronet spindle. I have all of the hardware from a Dodge Dart which is the same as height as the stock Coronet spindle. I was thinking on going to the Dart disc brake set up but, I was told the Diplomat brake stuff shouldn't matter. I am also not terribly pleased with the Firm Feel steering box and was thinking on going to a manual unit. Any suggestions or comments would be appreciated __________________ Nelson Kowal Stock 345 Last edited by njk53; 06-04-2014 at 03:03 PM.