Re: '39 Packard Six Steering Box Removal
Posted by HH56 On 2016/4/3 13:25:58
I hesitate to bring this up since you are working on a 39 and I have no direct knowledge on that car but since so many parts carried on for use with later cars I will. If it is not a concern on 39s, am sure others will say so soon enough.
On later cars at least, the steering shaft has a bearing at the upper end. Around the shaft is a formed ring which provides the inner race for the bearing. The ring is a fairly tight fit and with pulling the shaft down and ring into bearing it may get tighter. In all probability you will need to remove the ring before trying to remove the shaft from the column -- both because it might be too tight to slide or could damage the bearing if forced.
Also, on some shafts if the bearing ring doesn't want to slide up look for a small circular snap ring which fits into a groove in the shaft. It may be well hidden and covered with grease. In a worst case you may actually have to slide the column housing down a bit to have working space to remove the snap ring.
On the Pitman arm removal, I expect you will need to rent a puller.
Here is a later car showing the upper column bearing and ring (arrow)
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On later cars at least, the steering shaft has a bearing at the upper end. Around the shaft is a formed ring which provides the inner race for the bearing. The ring is a fairly tight fit and with pulling the shaft down and ring into bearing it may get tighter. In all probability you will need to remove the ring before trying to remove the shaft from the column -- both because it might be too tight to slide or could damage the bearing if forced.
Also, on some shafts if the bearing ring doesn't want to slide up look for a small circular snap ring which fits into a groove in the shaft. It may be well hidden and covered with grease. In a worst case you may actually have to slide the column housing down a bit to have working space to remove the snap ring.
On the Pitman arm removal, I expect you will need to rent a puller.
Here is a later car showing the upper column bearing and ring (arrow)
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