[kenstruks]

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.   

[Richard]

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.

[folivier]

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.

[Yachts]

A lot of times it happens when the cooling fan kicks in. Also can be a sign of low hydraulic fluid.

[kenstruks]

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)

[Yachts]

Watch your temp gauge see if it coincides with fan kicking in and temp drop

[qcj]

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.

[kenstruks]

Thanks Chappell, that is what I got. I called Cressley and he is looking for the repair part. Thanks again. Ken

[qcj]

Ken, please post it you can get the part. What year is your coach?

[Fulltiming]

Chappell, I believe Ken's coach is #473, a 1998.