Re: Steering Gear Question
Posted by Packard 1948 On 2015/6/19 0:27:50
THANKS Dell and Ross...good info.
Fred from Max told me that the internal seal is simply an O ring. Here is what he said:
15.317 is a spacing shim, not a sealing gasket.
I do not have 15.3162. It is a square o-ring which is typically not bad or needing replaced. Dims as follows: OD = .625, ID = .328, Thick = .187
Dell says> The shims are the square things in your picture. The purpose of the shims is to control end play of the steering shaft. If there is no play, there is no real need for adjustment.
Ross says>The shims are the square things in your picture. The purpose of the shims is to control end play of the steering shaft. If there is no play, there is no real need for adjustment.
I am certainly NOT questioning you Ross...as I certainly bow at your alter of Packard knowledge...I am just curious because the Packard Manual says: "If the effort required to turn the steering wheel is less than 1/2 pound, loosen the four worm cover retaining screws and back them out approximately 1/8 inch. Separate the shims and remove the thinnest one, exercising care to avoid mutilating the remaining shims. See figure 41." Thus concludes the reading of the Packard Manual.
If the shims look like my (as I call them) "gaskets" how would one remove the gaskets if the inner steel tube (and horn wire) is in the middle...and...the four cover bolts are still installed (but backed off 1/8 inch)?
I agree (after you pointed it out) that you say REALLY makes more sense to me ...as opposed to the sanctified Packard manual...because what I had envisioned as "shims" would be super thin metal looking things that if installed (squashed) under the cover (between the cover and the worm gear thrust bearing) would add more preload to the worm shaft thus making the worm gear harder to turn (because more shims are smashed in there) as opposed to easier (like you both accurately pointed out) because more gaskets means more gap between the worm gear thrust bearing and the cover plate).
This is precisely why this forumn is so helpful!!!
THANKS AGAIN!!!
Bill
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Fred from Max told me that the internal seal is simply an O ring. Here is what he said:
15.317 is a spacing shim, not a sealing gasket.
I do not have 15.3162. It is a square o-ring which is typically not bad or needing replaced. Dims as follows: OD = .625, ID = .328, Thick = .187
Dell says> The shims are the square things in your picture. The purpose of the shims is to control end play of the steering shaft. If there is no play, there is no real need for adjustment.
Ross says>The shims are the square things in your picture. The purpose of the shims is to control end play of the steering shaft. If there is no play, there is no real need for adjustment.
I am certainly NOT questioning you Ross...as I certainly bow at your alter of Packard knowledge...I am just curious because the Packard Manual says: "If the effort required to turn the steering wheel is less than 1/2 pound, loosen the four worm cover retaining screws and back them out approximately 1/8 inch. Separate the shims and remove the thinnest one, exercising care to avoid mutilating the remaining shims. See figure 41." Thus concludes the reading of the Packard Manual.
If the shims look like my (as I call them) "gaskets" how would one remove the gaskets if the inner steel tube (and horn wire) is in the middle...and...the four cover bolts are still installed (but backed off 1/8 inch)?
I agree (after you pointed it out) that you say REALLY makes more sense to me ...as opposed to the sanctified Packard manual...because what I had envisioned as "shims" would be super thin metal looking things that if installed (squashed) under the cover (between the cover and the worm gear thrust bearing) would add more preload to the worm shaft thus making the worm gear harder to turn (because more shims are smashed in there) as opposed to easier (like you both accurately pointed out) because more gaskets means more gap between the worm gear thrust bearing and the cover plate).
This is precisely why this forumn is so helpful!!!
THANKS AGAIN!!!
Bill
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