| Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,881 | Hydraulic fluid doesn't care which direction it flows, and the Pitman arm can be clocked to any spline position by taking a 3-cornered file to the four "wide" splines on the inside diameter of the big end. That will allow the Pitman to assume the right position no matter what the angle of the worm gear shaft is. We used to use that sneaky little trick when repositioning the steering gear on some of the dirt track race cars we built. Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt! There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
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