I have just rebuilt my steering box in an attempt to cure my 1967 series 2a, 88 of being very twitchy to drive on the highway. So far I have replaced the springs, the steering relay, all the ball joint ends of the linkages and I did find wear on the center of the screw in the steering box.

I have started to reinstall the rebuilt box and today I tried and was unable to turn by hand the two front wheels. The front end is up on jack stands and the steering relay is in place but the link to the steering box is not yet installed.

Does the steering relay create that much resistance that it would make it too hard to turn the steering by grabbing both sides of the tire and trying to pull the wheels to the straight position?

I'm wondering if there is a problem with the relay or with the swivel balls. Can anyone advise how tough the steering should be to rotate by hand?

Thanks, Dave