If you decide that you want to install "poor man's power steering" , when you remove the spindles and the stock washers, look for high spots on the washers and the spindle arms. If you find a high spot, then you have spindles that the arm was not correctly welded at 90 degrees to the spindle. I had this problem on my 4018 and I had to work the high spots down with a file. My 448 was like I installed actual power steering, but not so with my 4018. My lathe doesn't have a large enough swing to do the spindles. I still would like to get them turned on a lathe. I sold my big lathe, that was a mistake, but it weighed about 1,400 pounds without the motor!!!
Mad Mackie in CT :mrgreen: :mowlawn: