Success!! On Getting Steering Shaft Back into Housing!!
Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2004 9:34 pm
Thanks to ScottyG's advice, I was able to get my steering shaft back in, with the proper thrust washers, bolted down, and functional. Talk about frustrating! I was really stuck. Nothing I tried worked. I'd like to reprint the advice Scotty gave me as I know there are several others that are going to be putting steering assembly's back together shortly. Maybe this will help you as it did me. I never stop being amazed how helpful this web site continues to be to me.
. . . I had a similar steering reassembly problem which basically involved the way I was re-installing the worm into the housing onto the worm wheel. If you don't quite catch the beginning of the shaft worm when you're "threading" it through, it can skip a few teeth and begin to worm in the middle causing the bushing to hang up. When this happens, the bushing will sit up about 1/2" too high. I was banging my head trying to figure out what went wrong, especially when I didn't replace anything that would cause a problem. An obvious solution maybe but one that worked for me...
Thanks Scotty
Paul
. . . I had a similar steering reassembly problem which basically involved the way I was re-installing the worm into the housing onto the worm wheel. If you don't quite catch the beginning of the shaft worm when you're "threading" it through, it can skip a few teeth and begin to worm in the middle causing the bushing to hang up. When this happens, the bushing will sit up about 1/2" too high. I was banging my head trying to figure out what went wrong, especially when I didn't replace anything that would cause a problem. An obvious solution maybe but one that worked for me...
Thanks Scotty
Paul