[Healeys] Seized steering box

[Michael Salter]

Actually, in addition to the ball bearings the problem could be the sector
shaft seized in its bush.
If there is a small amount of free movement before resistance is felt I
would look at that.

M

On Sun, Apr 19, 2020, 8:20 AM Ron Fine, <ronfineesq at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Last summer I installed a new DW steering box in my BN7.  It was installed
> without any adjustments pursuant to the instructions.  I drove about 200
> miles and the steering box worked as expected.
>
> After about a 6 month pause I took my car out for a short drive yesterday
> and discovered that the steering wheel was very hard to turn.  I was only
> able to get around the block and back into my garage.
>
> I jacked up the front, disconnected the tie rods and confirmed that the
> box has almost frozen up.  Very difficult to turn the steering wheel.
>
> I adjusted out the peg so it would not be causing the problem but the
> bearing or something inside the box is seizing up.  The box is full of oil,
> no leaks.
>
> I know what is inside the box since I spend some time 20 years ago
> rebuilding my original box and the only thing I can think of that would
> seize up are the two bearings, but, I can’t understand why that would
> happen to a new box while the car was resting in my garage for the past 6
> months.
>
> Any ideas as to what to check before I pull this box out again.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ron
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