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Date:         Thu, 29 Mar 1990 11:42:50 -0500
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From:         steve@molly.tn.cornell.edu (S.Smith)
Subject:      Re:  72 Bus steering question

WARNING WARNING WARNING !!!!


How loose is your steering exactly ????


If you can turn the wheel more than a 1/2" or so without feeling resistance
PARK IT until you can get this put right !!!


Buddy of mine had a 72 he had just bought, rolling down the Kensington 
Expwy in Buffalo at 65, he says to - "Lookee here - steering git 'kinda' loose


proceeds to turn steering wheel an ENTIRE REVOLUTION while said bus
proceeds straight as an arrow down the highway


I empty my drawers, and tell him to GENTLY pull over.


Upshot: The swing arm housing (frontmost thing on the lower axle tube
had snapped off, so there was no fulcrum for the steering linkage -
essentially no steering......




still get chills thinking about this 10 years later ...
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