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STEERING GEAR
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Legend
for Figure 14--Steering Gear
(Disassembled View)
(1938 Model, Typical of 1936-37 Mo!lels)
1-Horn button
17-Column jacket clamp bolt nut
38-Housing cover screw
39-Shaft adjusting screw
40-Shaft adjiJsting screw lock nut
41-5haft adjiJsting screw lock nut
2-Horn button spring
lockwasher
3-Horn button .cable contact
4-Steering wheel nut insulator
5-Horn button retainer upper
plate
6-Horn button retainer plate
·spring
7-Horn button retainer plate
spring lock wire
8-Steering wheel nut
9-Horn button retainer lower
18-Steering arm nut
19-Steering arm nut lockwasher
20-Shaft oil seal
·
21-Steering arm (pitman arm)
22-Shaft bushings
23-lubricant filler plug
24-Steering wheel key
25-Worm and steering tube
lockwashe~r
42-Housing cover
43-Worm thrust bearing cup-
upper
44-Worm thrust bearing cage and
rollers
assembly
plate
26-Column jacket bushing
27-Column jacket
45-Worm thrust bearing cage and
rollers
46-Worm thrust bearing cup-
lower
10-Horn button cable
1'1-Steering wheel
12-Housing to frame bolt nut
13-Housing to frame bolt nut
28-Horn button cable conrtector
plug
lockwasher
14-Housing to frame bolt nut plain
washer
29-Column jacket oil hole cover
30-Column jqcket clamp
31-Column jacket clgmp bolt
32-Housing
47-Worm thrust bearing adjusting
shim-thin
48-Worm thrust bearing adjusting
shim-thick
49-Grease retainer tube and plate
assembly
15-Housing to frame bolt
16-Column jacket clamp bolt nut
33-Shaft thrust washer shim
34-Shalt thrust washer
50-Grease retainer tube plate screw
lockwasher
35-Shaft and roller tooth assembly
36-Housing cover gasket
37-Housing cover screw lockwasher
51-Grease retainer tube plate screw
the steering from wheel to road wheels pro-
ceed as follows:
( 1)
Set the road wheels in the straight-
ahead driving position (fig. 1 on page 33).
( 2)
The steering wheel can only be in-
stalled in one position.
( 3)
Rotate the steering wheel so that
the wheel is in mid-position (midway be-
tween extreme right and extreme left turns)
and the lower spoke points straight down.
( 4)
Install the steering gear on the
steering gear cross shaft, using the nearest
master serration.
( 5 )
If ·the road wheels and steering
wheel do not line up perfectly in driving
position, it will be necessary to adjust the tie
rods to correct. Refer to paragraph 7, on
page 37.
12. DISASSEMBLY OF STEERING
GEAR.
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( 1)
Remove the shaft adjusting screw
lock nut and cover.
( 2 )
Cover the serrations on the shaft
and roller tooth assembly with paper, to
prevent damage to the oil seal (unless the
seal is to be discarded).
( 3 )
Remove the shaft oil seal (if neces-
sary to replace).
( 4)
Remove the housing cover and
grease retaining tube assembly.
( 5)
Pull the tube and worm assembly
out of the bottom end of housing.
( 6)
Remove the shaft bushings (if
necessary to replace).
13. ASSEMBLY OF STEERING GEAR.
1936-42-Press new bushings into place
and burnish to size. Coat parts with oil while
assembling. Be sure not to damage the shaft
oil seal wh<:Jn installing the shaft and roller
tooth assembly. Adjust the worm bearings
and the roller tooth and worm, as outlined in
paragraphs 2 and' 3 and lubricate the as-
sembly.
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