mfg Posted March 29, 2022 Report Share Posted March 29, 2022 10 hours ago, Dwight FitzSimons said: Does your '83 have the older Ross steering box, or the later forklift box? --Dwight They both have the later forklift type. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted March 29, 2022 Report Share Posted March 29, 2022 Somewhere along the line, someone tagged the 'post Ross' Avanti steering box to be a forklift steering box. Although I guess it's possible, I always kind of doubted the steering box in my Avanti was originally designed for a forklift. Does anyone know any more about this later Avanti steering box than I do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pantera928 Posted March 29, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2022 13 hours ago, Dwight FitzSimons said: Does your '83 have the older Ross steering box, or the later forklift box? --Dwight I am assuming the "forklift" box as it is a 1980 and original. About 4.5 turns lock to lock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plwindish Posted April 1, 2022 Report Share Posted April 1, 2022 I had inquired about getting the quick steering arms installed on my '76 and was told by a couple of good Avanti guys that they made the steering more "twitchy", not really improving the steering/handling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pantera928 Posted April 1, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2022 1 hour ago, plwindish said: I had inquired about getting the quick steering arms installed on my '76 and was told by a couple of good Avanti guys that they made the steering more "twitchy", not really improving the steering/handling. Paul I have heard that as well and also heard that in the mid-70s, they changed to another steering box that does not have as quick of a ratio as the older ones and that these arms brought the steering closer to original. Also that Blake started selling the cars with the quick steering arms in the 80s for that reason. Like I said, I have "heard" all of this and have no first hand experience nor do I know if our two cars have the same steering box as I have never been able to pin down exactly what year the boxes were changed. Have I left you more confused?🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plwindish Posted April 5, 2022 Report Share Posted April 5, 2022 There is an adjustment screw on the steering box to help tighten or loosen the steering. One shop adjusted mine. A year or two later, the car seemed to wander in the lane while driving. I had it checked out and the bolts mounting the steering box to the frame had loosened, once tightened up, it handled just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pantera928 Posted April 5, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2022 43 minutes ago, plwindish said: There is an adjustment screw on the steering box to help tighten or loosen the steering. One shop adjusted mine. A year or two later, the car seemed to wander in the lane while driving. I had it checked out and the bolts mounting the steering box to the frame had loosened, once tightened up, it handled just fine. I have adjusted that screw before and it is typical for many other cars I work on although this is the first time i have seen it on the side nd not the top. Also I have heard about the bolts coming loose. Mine are tight fortunately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfg Posted April 5, 2022 Report Share Posted April 5, 2022 1 hour ago, plwindish said: There is an adjustment screw on the steering box to help tighten or loosen the steering. One shop adjusted mine. A year or two later, the car seemed to wander in the lane while driving. I had it checked out and the bolts mounting the steering box to the frame had loosened, once tightened up, it handled just fine. I've also had those bolts come loose...Not on Avantis, but on other Studes....I always check those now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pantera928 Posted April 5, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2022 33 minutes ago, mfg said: I've also had those bolts come loose...Not on Avantis, but on other Studes....I always check those now! Yep, Dan Booth warned me about that issue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildfelr Posted April 7, 2022 Report Share Posted April 7, 2022 YOU CANT FOOL US DOWN HERE..... ITS WHITE AND WE CALL IT SNOW !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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