Thanks for your patience. Now all is starting to make sense. I will be ordering a new bearing and that missing info should resolve the issue. The existing bearing has no indication of anything ever being attached to it by soldering or otherwise. Its brass outer race also fit firmly into the steel steering shaft cover. So I guess it must have been replaced with a non-original part at some time in the truck’s sorted history…..Surprise.


1941 Chevy Master 3/4-Ton
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