[mickmate]

Don't be doing that to your poor steering rack. With the caster angle you're trying to lift one corner with the steering when it's sitting still! You either flex a mount bushing or you beat on the rack and pinion, what is the lesser of the evils? Better still get the car moving even if it's just a little bit before turning. Manual steer and fat tires as you've seen don't get along too well. Look at the skinny little crossply tires the E used. Setting your caster angle correctly will have the steering wheel returning to staright while your moving. When you pull 50 year old steering pieces apart that's what makes the difference between junk and useable parts, how they've been driven.