5KTQ Torque steer?

[Joshua Van Tol]

>Looking for BTDT's.
>The steering on my 86 5ktq is acting oddly.  The front end seems to be
>hunting at times.  Sometimes the wheel and car are straight, other 
>times it may take 15 degrees of left or right steering imput to 
>maintain
>straight tracking.  At a constant steering input the car may 
>increase the radius of the turn on its own as when changing lanes. 
>last when I apply gas with no pressure on the steering wheel it will 
>jerk to the left a bit.
>The rack has been replaced has have the front springs (lower) and 
>struts and control arms plus alignment.  The front tires are 
>starting to show slightly accelerated wear on their inner most 
>treads.
>Ideas welcome.
>thanks
>Mike

Sounds like a subframe bushing problem, or tie rod ends, or somesuch 
problem. I suppose it could even be a bushing in the rear of the car, 
and those DO wear out, quite completely in fact.
-- 
Joshua Van Tol -- josh at spiny.com