How do I drive with power steering?

Hi Jason,
You having problem with the Steering wheel normal play? Are you overdoing trying to fix it? Because of the play and the steering wheel size is amplifying your movements trying to correct the truck weave, thus making it worse. On a non-power steering is easy to feel more in control. You need to take the truck on a yard and do a control weaving yourself. Start driving the truck slow and start weaving, then slowly bring the tractor in a straight line, do the weaving again and so on. try to feel the wheel play ( try with one arm only as with both), hopefully will relax your arms. Use the mirrors fenders to see the truck in the lines may help you?
good luck.

 

I had a guy on a test drive once.

 

One question I'd have is where are you liking when you drive. Meaning, how far down the road. I know if I look fairly close in front of me for any length of time, I tend to get a little weave. But if I'm looking way down the road, it's all smooth. Don't really know why it works that way with me, but it does.... so I'm wondering if this could be even a part of what it's causing you to weave. Anyway, just an idea.

 

Pick a spot a few hundred yards ahead of you and aim for it. Don't look directly in front of the truck.

 

I don't understand how anyone can not be used to power steering. I'm only 26, but hasn't power steering been the norm for at least 20 years now..? Can you get a vehicle without power steering these days..?

Anyway, looking further down the road is exactly what my trainer was telling me today, I just started street driving myself at school. It was only my second ride, so my reason for looking to close was that I was trying to look at my gages a bit too much. Just like driver's ed, you actually have to stay right on or under the speed limit, no 47 in the 45, lol.

 

never heard of someone blaming power steering for steering issues, if you cant figure it out then trucking wont be something you need to be doing. Its very important to keep that truck straight, if your having trouble over correcting then whats going to happen when you need to steer quickly in traffic? or something in the road? etc, your going to crash. think hard before choosing this if your having trouble, if im behind you and your weaving you better believe I will report you.

Had a truck weaving the other day and kept slowing to 50mph, I go to pass him and our windows were side by side and I see him playing on his phone, he then looked at me and sped off where I couldnt finish passing, I got behind him and he started swerving and slowing down again so you better believe I made that phone call....

 

omg dude i had the same exact problem, hell i still got the problem, bbut im way better now. it comes to you

 

wow didnt realize so many had an issue with power steering..

be glad the trucks dont have electric steering, i had a car with electric and it was a lot touchier than power steering.

 

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This should do it. You are sawing the wheel. Makes the trailer swing like crazy. Relax, get a comfortable grip where your arm is supported by the arm rest. Left hand, light grip, just palm and fingers. Left hand only, right hand on the shifter.

your fingers are not as strong as your arms. Fingers however are light years more precise than the arm muscles though. Imagine trying to type online with your elbows. Driving is the same way....finesse is needed. Drive with your fingers, not your arms. The one handed grip will help you. Trainers teach their students to hold the grandma death grip on a steering wheel and that's a mistake, IMO. This is one of those things that you need to learn BEFORE the snow season. On slick roads, everyone who can't handle the steering with finesse ends up in a ditch.

 

I think the old deathgrip teaching method is a relic from the era of non power steering.