Turning radius/ratio

[Sir Fisher]

i have a 1970 k20 closed knuckle front end; how can i improve the turning radius or can i?? will the open knuckle front end give better turning radius??

thanks,

[earl87gta]

is the truck lifted up when its turned lock to lock does it hit the stops on the axle?

[Sir Fisher]

there's nothing wrong with the mechanics that makes the truck turn (as far as i can tell, but that's not saying much) there's no grinding, no rubbing, nothing i can see or hear. i just think the truck's turning radius is horrible, it needs like 6 lanes to do a "U-turn" and was wondering if there is anything i can do about it.

thanks!!

[earl87gta]

if its turning all the way to the stops on the axle there isnt much you will be able to do. you may be able to turn the stops in some more so that it turns a little more but just make sure if you do it dosnt creat other clearence isues.

[Yukon Jack]

An open knuckle axle will help your turning problem. My 69 has the closed knuckle and with the 35 x 12.5 tires it sure sucks to manuver in a parking lot! I can't tell you how much the open knuckle will help but you would also benefit from updating the axle as you will gain disk brakes!

[jacobs]

I can personally tell you from experience, IF you adjust out the turn stop bolts, it places much more strain on the axle u-joints. When your wheels are turned sharp and you apply very much torque, the front axles and u-joints are very easy to destroy.

[Americanrider]

It's a whole lot tighter, I went to an open knuckle D44 on my 67 and now I can do a single U-turn on a wide 2-lane. You will wonder why you didn't do it sooner.

[Sir Fisher]

thanks all for all the good info!!