Adjust The Steering Shaft; Replace The Steering Wheel - Taylor-Dunn SC-011-59 Operation, T Roubleshooting And Replacement Parts Manual

Maintenance, Service, and Repair
ADJUST THE STEERING
SHAFT
The steering shaft is adjustable by means of a collar at
the rear of the shaft. This adjustment controls the gear
lash of the half gears on the shaft and front fork.
1. Make sure the key-switch is in the "OFF"
position, then remove the key.
2. Place the forward-reverse switch in the
center "OFF" position.
3. Set the park brake.
4. Place blocks under the front wheels to
prevent vehicle movement.
5. Disconnect the main positive and
negative cables at the batteries.
6. Loosen the set screw on
the collar.
7. Push the steering shaft
half gear up against the
half gear on the fork.
8. While lightly holding the
two gears together, push
the collar up against the
rear pillow block and tighten the set screw.
1 - Rear pillow block
2-Adjustable collar
9. Rotate the steering wheel from left to right. Any
roughness is an indication of being too tight.
Repeat the procedure and hold less tension on
the gears while setting the collar.
10. Reconnect the main positive and negative cables
at the batteries.
11. Remove the blocks from behind the wheels.
12 Release the parking brake and test drive the
vehicle.
Steering
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REPLACE THE STEERING
WHEEL
1. Make sure the key-switch is in the "OFF"
position, then remove the key.
2. Place the forward-reverse switch in the
center "OFF" position.
3. Set the park brake.
4. Place blocks under the front wheels to
prevent vehicle movement.
5. Disconnect the main positive and
negative cables at the batteries.
6. Cut the safety wire from the turn buckles and
discard.
7. Remove the retaining clip and washer(s) from the
steering wheel shaft.
Clip partially removed
NOTE: The retaining clip goes completely around the
shaft two times. Locate the end of the clip
and lift the end of the clip out of the groove
with a small screwdriver. The clip can then
easily be removed by rotating it around the
shaft. See the illustration to the right.
8. Loosen the turn buckles so that the steering chain
can be lifted off of the steering wheel sprocket.
9. Remove the steering wheel.
10. Install the steering wheel in reverse order.
NOTE: Lightly lubricate the steering wheel shaft.
11. Align the steering. Refer to section
Alignment
for information regarding aligning the
steering.
12. Reconnect the main positive and negative cables
at the batteries.
13. Remove the blocks from behind the wheels.
14. Release the parking brake and test drive the
vehicle.
Front End