David,
Thanks for the info on the reproduction parts. I had wondered what the
quality was like. I decided to stick with the one good split shaft box
that I have. Out of the three boxes that I disassembled, there was one
where the peg fell right out of the hole in the pitman shaft. The one
that I re-used was nice a tight. I knocked it out with a punch, gave it
a quarter of a turn and put it back in so that it had a new wear
surface. I was getting pretty good at pulling pitman arms by the time I
took the third box apart.
Here is one observation that I had about the two boxes that were totally
shot. The outer tube had been dented on both at some point. Probably
during accidents. I think the dents caused enough miss-alignment to
cause the bearings on the ends of the worm to fail.
Randall,
Thanks for publishing the instructions for rebuilding a steering box.
The use of the dial indicator took a lot of the guess work out for a
first-timer like myself. I now have clean and tight steering box. Like
you, I ended up with a couple of snug spots a little off center when
adjusting the depth of the peg in the worm. Not so bad that it would be
worth the money and trouble to install a new worm. I got a good look at
the mounting brackets as I was removing the box from the parts car. It
doesn't look like it should be very difficult to fabricate the one that
is welded to the suspension tower. A couple of holes and captive nuts in
the firewall should take care of the other one.
Mike
DLylis@aol.com wrote:
> Mike,
> I have just gone through this exercise and can offer a neophytes opinion.
> Randall is by far the greater authority as he helped me out with issues
> through the process.
> 1. If you have original usable parts, use them. This is what I found with
> reproduction parts. The worm is supposed to present slight resistance in
> steering at straight ahead and loosen as you go right and left. The repro
>worm
> is slightly cone shaped. That is not correct although I was able to get it
> to perform well through very detailed box adustment.
> 2. The peg is supposed to be a press fit in the rocker shaft. (both repro
> parts) I initially put it in and it fell out. I have resolved that as well.
>
> 3. When I had the old worm removed from the shaft it came off with no
> damage, so had it not been chipped, it would have been reusable should I
>have been
> facing a situation as you describe.
>
> David Lylis
> 69 TR6 CC26160L
> 60 TR3A TS74461LO
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