Re: Manual Steering Box

Posted by PackardV8 On 2008/3/25 16:42:43

My comment about the "grease" should have read "axle grease" or "gear lube" as used in most (but not all) stick shift transmissions and rear axles. "Axle grease" or Transmission grease" is an old school reference to "gear lube". The "bolt" in the rite side of the pic is where u can check/fill (as in pouring) the lube into the steering gear. It is not lubed by a grease gun so there is no grease fitting. Sorry for the confusion. I often forget that i am an old man compared to the rest of u.

The adjustment:
I do it with wheels on the ground. I do NOT recommend doing it with wheels in the air and certainly do NOT recommend checking to see if the adjustment is needed with wheels in the air because of tie rod drop. If the car has a SOLID ONE PIECE tie rod like a model "T" then it would be ok to do it in the air. MAYBE. I never tried it in the air.

Drive the car onto a level surface and park it with wheels streight ahead. Put the car in nuetral and rock it back and forth 2 or 3 feet to normalize it. Roll down the drivers window, close the door and STAND next to the car while reaching in and rock the steering wheel from side-to-side while watching the left front wheel. If there is alot of slop then make the adjustment as i indicated above. There is NO reason to have the fenders removed. You can see the front wheel AND move the steering wheel if u STAND OUTSIDE AND NEXT to the car.