1948-1952 Shop Service Manual - - Hudson-Essex-Terraplane Club
1948-1952 Shop Service Manual - - Hudson-Essex-Terraplane Club
1948-1952 Shop Service Manual - - Hudson-Essex-Terraplane Club
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STEERING GEAR 13 - 7<br />
install worm and tube assembly.<br />
3. Install lower bearing and cup.<br />
4. Install worm shaft cover shims and cover and grease<br />
retainer tube assembly. If grease retainer tube is<br />
equipped with silencer make sure silencer is installed on<br />
tube.<br />
5. Install gear shaft needle roller bearings and spacer.<br />
6. Turn high point notch on steering column tube straight<br />
down and install gear shaft and roller assembly.<br />
7. Assemble thrust plate on adjusting screw into slot in<br />
roller housing and attach gear shaft cover and oil seal.<br />
8. Place pitman arm on gear shaft and tighten to 125 to 140<br />
foot pounds.<br />
9. Check worm for end play. if end play exists, adjust by<br />
removing one worm cover shim at a time until end play<br />
is eliminated. Rotate column tube after each removal to<br />
determine if stiffness exists. Stiffness indicates removal<br />
of too many shims.<br />
10. Check gear shaft for excess play. If pitman arm can be<br />
moved more than 1/32// without turning the steering<br />
column tube, remove gear shaft adjustment screw lock<br />
nut and lift lock plate clear of cover boss. (Check notch<br />
on steering column tube to be sure it points straight<br />
down.) Tighten adjusting screw just enough to remove<br />
play between gear shaft and worm. DO NOT<br />
TIGHTEN BEYOND THE POINT OF TAKING UP<br />
LASH. Replace lock plate and lock nut and tighten nut.<br />
11. Replace felt washer on column tube at steering gear<br />
housing.<br />
INSTALLATION:<br />
1. Install steering gear assembly on frame and insert but DO<br />
NOT TIGHTEN three bolts attaching steering gear to<br />
frame.<br />
2. Install steering gear jacket tube. Tighten tube in bracket at<br />
instrument panel.<br />
3. Tighten the three bolts attaching steering gear to frame to<br />
50 to 60 foot pounds.<br />
4. Loosen bolts attaching steering column bracket cap at<br />
instrument panel to allow column<br />
to shift to match position of steering gear and retighten bolts.<br />
5. Replace horn wire and steering wheel with notch in<br />
column tube straight down and wheel spokes horizontal.<br />
6. Replace frame to cowl brace, dust shield, and front wheel.<br />
7. Check front suspension for stiffness by placing front<br />
wheels on roller plates and attaching spring scale to tire<br />
thread. Maximum pull required to turn wheels with drag<br />
link disconnected is 28 pounds.<br />
8. Set front wheels in straight ahead position and attach drag<br />
link to pitman arm. (See "Drag Link Adjustments", page<br />
15-9).<br />
9. F ill steering gear housing with S.A.E. 90 E.P. Lubricant.<br />
REMOVAL:<br />
PITMAN ARM<br />
1. Remove key and plug from drag link at pitman arm and<br />
disconnect drag link (10), Figure 5.<br />
2. Disconnect battery cable at starting motor solenoid and<br />
disconnect starter switch wire from solenoid.<br />
3. Remove starting motor attaching bolts and remove starting<br />
motor assembly.<br />
4. Remove nut (1), Figure 5, and lockwasher attaching<br />
pitman arm to steering gear.