How did you get rid of steering wander ?

[SHELBY69 61]

My steering was really bad, worse than my 60 Cadillac. She would wander all over, I had a quick ratio steering box installed and it cut down the wander a lot but she still wanders. I need more seat time to figure it out what makes her wander.  She pulls to right on acceleration but has stayed straight on braking.  She can sometimes almost change lanes when she feels like it which is a bit scary. So how did you fix the wander ? Thanks

[Ridge Runner 1,112]

The factory power steering wanders ,the looser it gets the more it wanders . A worn idler arm will cause it to wander also 

[det0326 179]

put all the positive caster u can get without putting the lower control arm in a bind and tire rubbing the valance.

[SHELBY69 61]

Thanks, I forgot to say I added EIBACH springs in front cus she was riding way too high. Also added fat sway bars, replica Halibrands, modern MICHELINs & BAER brakes in front.

I’ll swap the idler arm & add positive camber

[jmlay 80]

Sounds you may have some bump steer post spri g install. Are the tirodz parallel to the ground?

[SHELBY69 61]

I’ll check the tie rods. Hard to find good mechanics in Miami

[EastYorkStang 63]

How smooth are the roads there ? Test drive on flat roads to get a better idea of what needs to be fixed

[Brian Conway 264]

FWIW  A while back I put some cheap radials on my 65 and they were a bad experience I will not be repeating.  The front tires would follow the grooves in the concrete or roadway.  I thought it was spring saddles, shocks steering box...  Just cheap, inexpensive, radial tires.  They were on the car for 2000 miles got another set of the BFG/TA's and the road wander went away.  Lesson learned.  Brian

[Ridge Runner 1,112]

You want to see wander ,put on a set of bias ply tires haha ,those things will grab every crease in the road . I put a set of red line coker tires on my 66 gt ,you couldnt keep it in the road ,a set of BFGs also fixed that .

[Midlife 814]

AA, but I still tend to wander a bit. 

[RPM 1,190]

In addition to the above ideas, a rebuilt steering box from Dan and Carol at  http://chockostangclassicmustang.com/  will help mucho.

[SHELBY69 61]

On 5/24/2021 at 9:53 PM, Ridge Runner said:

You want to see wander ,put on a set of bias ply tires haha ,those things will grab every crease in the road . I put a set of red line coker tires on my 66 gt ,you couldnt keep it in the road ,a set of BFGs also fixed that .

LOL, I put modern MICHELINs on it so tires are good.

[70769 18]

I have a bump steer kit in mine and set the caster heavier too, have almost totally redone the front end with the exception of the gear box, I still have a bit of wander.