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Has anyone ever had an experience when going thru a turn (like going around a cloverleaf) where their steering wheel will jerk or bind for just a second ? It does not matter what direction either left or right and it does not do it every time. Scared the heck out of me the first time it did it.
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Yes, mine will jerk if I try turn the wheels and the coach is not moving. I have always guessed their is a pressure override in the steering box, and it is relieving when in a bind. The feeling would be consistent with a spring loaded poppet opening and closing.
Richard and Rhonda Entrekin
99 Newell, 512
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On my '93 the steering would bind a little bit when turning. It ended up being that the wheel has an extendible setting and it was set all the way to the bottom. Once I extended it a slight amount it freed it up. There was a lever just under the horn button.
Probably not what yours is doing but worth mentioning.
Forest & Cindy Olivier
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PO 1999 Foretravel 36'
1998 Newell 45' #486
1993 Newell 39' #337
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A lot of times it happens when the cooling fan kicks in. Also can be a sign of low hydraulic fluid.
Marc Newman
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Thanks, I will check these things. (It did it on the way home when I bought it and I changed the hyd oil & filter, but it still does it)
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Watch your temp gauge see if it coincides with fan kicking in and temp drop
Marc Newman
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I asked about this at Newell, and was told that when the cooling fan kicks on it will cause the steering wheel to jerk. They said there was a fix for it but did not know if they still had parts for the fix. I guess it more a problem with older coaches than the newer ones?? I just live with it and it seems not to happen every time the fan kicks on.
Chappell and Mary
2004 Foretravel 36 foot
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Thanks Chappell, that is what I got. I called Cressley and he is looking for the repair part. Thanks again. Ken
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Ken, please post it you can get the part. What year is your coach?
Chappell and Mary
2004 Foretravel 36 foot
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Chappell, I believe Ken's coach is #473, a 1998.
Michael Day
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