Steering You Straight

How to eliminate bumpsteer

- Harry Wagner

PUSH-PULL STEERING ISN’T commonly found on modern vehicles, but it was standard issue on 1979-1985 Toyota pickups, 1967-1987 square-body Chevy and Dodge trucks, and 1960- 1989 Toyota Land Cruisers. If you own a Jeep or Ford though, don’t stop reading. Plenty of the steering tips we cover in this story can be applied to your vehicle as well. Whether your rig came from the factory with crossover steering or you are adding it, the goal is to have a drag link as long as possible and nearly flat (perpendicular to the ground) at ride height. This minimizes bumpsteer; that is, when suspension movement feeds back through the steering system and turns the wheels.