Re: steering slack help
Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2011/5/23 8:59:12
Talk to me about steering box adjustment.
It's covered in detail in both the owner's manual and the shop manual. First thing I'd do is to determine if there is excessive play, and if so, where. Read the instructions carefully as one can damage the steering gear box by over-ambitious adjustment.
Here are the pages from the 1941 owner's manual.
PS - Again, check the box for play but I suspect 2 inches of free play at the rim (and it's a large diameter rim) was probably pretty typical of the era. If you were to reduce the wheel diameter to what today's steering wheels are, your 2 inches probably becomes 1 inch or so. You can't expect the feel and response of rack and pinion, or even the later recirculating ball type which Jeep used up until very recently and may still use.
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It's covered in detail in both the owner's manual and the shop manual. First thing I'd do is to determine if there is excessive play, and if so, where. Read the instructions carefully as one can damage the steering gear box by over-ambitious adjustment.
Here are the pages from the 1941 owner's manual.
PS - Again, check the box for play but I suspect 2 inches of free play at the rim (and it's a large diameter rim) was probably pretty typical of the era. If you were to reduce the wheel diameter to what today's steering wheels are, your 2 inches probably becomes 1 inch or so. You can't expect the feel and response of rack and pinion, or even the later recirculating ball type which Jeep used up until very recently and may still use.
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