SECTION 8-A 1956 BUICK MANUAL STEERING GEAR AND LINKAGE 8-1 DESCRIPTION OF CHANGES IN 1956 BUICK MANUAL STEERING GEAR 1956 Buick Steering Gear Assembly The manual steering gear for 1956 will have a ratio increase from 23.6 to 25.8:1 with a resultant decrease in steering effort. The manual steering gear will be standard equipment on [...]