How easy/hard does your 8N steer

When turning my 51' 8N either direction sharply the front wheels tend to try to slide forward and the steering wheel pulls in the direction you are turning quite a lot. Toe in is correct, axle pin doesn't appear loose. Differental works correctly. What am I missing?
 
(quoted from post at 09:45:36 01/23/15) When turning my 51' 8N either direction sharply the front wheels tend to try to slide forward and the steering wheel pulls in the direction you are turning quite a lot. Toe in is correct, axle pin doesn't appear loose. Differental works correctly. What am I missing?

Thats just the way these light weight N"s steer . Tall skinny tires with little down pressure . Running 16" tires can help and or applying the left / right brake will help steer .
 

Those back tires got plenty of torque behind them and like going straight. The wheel base is pretty short on these machines.
If I lock the wheels left or right, power brake steering is the only way it will turn to where I am looking.
 
(quoted from post at 12:24:20 01/23/15)
Those back tires got plenty of torque behind them and like going straight. The wheel base is pretty short on these machines.
If I lock the wheels left or right, power brake steering is the only way it will turn to where I am looking.

On mine , if I stand on one side of the brakes it stops that side on a dime and the other side doubles in speed which will almost sling me off if I am not careful ( first gear wide open throttle , new rear tires ). I do have a heavy bush hog that acts as a counterweight , thats probably a big factor .
 
(quoted from post at 13:07:07 01/23/15)
On mine , if I stand on one side of the brakes it stops that side on a dime and the other side doubles in speed which will almost sling me off if I am not careful ( first gear wide open throttle , new rear tires ). I do have a heavy bush hog that acts as a counterweight , thats probably a big factor .

Seatbelt!!!! :shock:
 
Just a followup, I have 16" tires (very good) and I have replaced the bushings in the spindles. I checked the front axles they are not really reversible as they are different front and back. But I suppose you could reverse them if you were not looking.
 
I find that it depends on the speed i am moving, the slower I go the better it turns and if I need to turn real quick I use the wheel brakes, that is what they are for.
 
(quoted from post at 06:45:36 01/23/15) When turning my 51' 8N either direction sharply the front wheels tend to try to slide forward and the steering wheel pulls in the direction you are turning quite a lot. Toe in is correct, axle pin doesn't appear loose. Differental works correctly. What am I missing?

Try driving an 8N with a FEL on it. A whole new experience.
 
(quoted from post at 16:14:38 01/23/15) Just a followup, I have 16" tires (very good) and I have replaced the bushings in the spindles. I checked the front axles they are not really reversible as they are different front and back. But I suppose you could reverse them if you were not looking.

Everyone is saying that your condition is normal. I took your Original post to say that it is difficult to keep the steering wheel from turning all the way towards the direction that you are turning once you get turned a little way. Is this the case? If it is, it is far from normal, and you may want to post again and word it a little differently.
 
2ND followup, as showcrop asked, when turning left or right when turning sharply the steering wheel will pull hard in the direction you are turning.
 
My 660 was doing the same thing. Once I started a turn, it wanted to yank the the steering wheel to the full left or right position, I had to fight it all the way. I increased the tow-in and things got a bit better. After I rebuilt the front end and added power steering it was gone. I'm still thinking it was a combination of badly worn front end parts.
 
like said, toe-in out of spec will do it.
Also, a problem I've seen a lot over the years.
When previous owners try to adjust the toe-in,
they can only get one side loose.
So they do all the adjustment for toe on one side,
which creates problems.
Both sides should be turned the same amount to keep the steering box arms in the proper relationship to each other.
Look down when you are driving straight ahead.
Steering box arms should be in the same relative position on both sides.
(usually just a few degrees back from straight down.)
 

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