Marlene had about 1" of play and was difficult to keep between the white lines because the play was sort of binary...meaning that when in the area of play, nothing happened. When you deflected the wheel to the limit of the play and actually started to change the steering angle, she would do nothing until you applied some pressure; then you'd get more angle change than you really wanted. At speed, this made you overcorrect a lot.

Replacing the idle arm bushings didn't do away with the play at the wheel. What it did do was make the steering gradually react to changes in the position of the wheel rather than suddenly change direction.

This minute amount of predictibility makes all the difference in the world at highway speeds.

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