I had the same problem on a jeep and solved it with a steering stabilizer mounted with rubber poochies from calmini.com. Also JC Whitney has some. Trucks and jeeps have this problem due to the larger rolling tire mass up front and tend to flabulate with a pothole perturbation.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Seth Murray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 11:14 AM Subject: Re: LRR ... Back from Woodburn > Hi - > > I have only had this oscillation phenomenon once while towing my S-10 > pickup with a tow bar. It happened when I took too sharp a turn and > hit a little hole in the road - it was pretty weird and a bit > unsettling thinking about my E-truck's steering... I think this > problem only occurs when taking too sharp a turn, and thus sharp turns > are simply best avoided. > > -Seth > > > On Wednesday, September 4, 2002, at 07:20 AM, Brendan Kirby wrote: > > > I have a similar problem when towing my Ford Courier. I do not tow it > > often or far and the problem happens infrequently even when towing. It > > has never happened at speed but I am concerned that it might. My > > solution has been to ride in the Courier with a hand ready to dampen > > steering oscillations when towing. This has the further advantage of > > letting me help the toeing vehicle break when going down hill. I have > > looked for a steering damper to add but can not find one for the 1980 > > Courier. > > > > Any experts that know why this happens and how to stop it? > > > > Brendan Kirby > > > > At 11:30 PM 9/3/02 -0700, you wrote: > >> fyi ya'all > >> > >> ... or > >> if I tow my EV with my motor home, and turn sharply out > >> a steep gas station driveway, I get a werid oscillation > >> (like the front tires are switching back and forth) > >> tugging at my RV until I can pull over to check it out... > >> > >> ===== > >> ' ____ > >> ~/__|o\__ > >> '@----- @'---(= > >> . http://geocities.com/brucedp > >> . EV List Editor & RE newswires > >> . http://egroups.com/group/evangel > >> ===== > >> > >> __________________________________________________ > >> Do You Yahoo!? > >> Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes > >> http://finance.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > QUESTION INTERNAL COMBUSTION > > http://members.fortunecity.com/electricityboy > http://www.austinev.org/evalbum/387.html >
