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| | | | Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 131 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 131 | I am working on rebuilding a steering box and have a question on the ball guide retaining clamp that holds the ball guides into the ball nut. The ball guide retaining clamp is held on by three screws. On mine, the center screw does not fully seat. Is this normal or do I have an issue? Here is a picture of what I am talking about. The center screw is the one in question. http://s1285.photobucket.com/user/1...Box/steering%20gear_zpsobq9edlb.jpg.htmlUnfortunately with a computer hard drive crashing and losing an backup external hard drive in a move I do not have any tear down pictures to reference. Thanks
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| | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | | | | | | Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 131 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 131 | Thanks Tim I forgot to mention it is a 1949 chevy 3100. | | | | | Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 5,337 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 5,337 | I would not use it that way.
I would check on what is holding it up.
See the USA in your vintage Chevrolet! My Blog | | | | | Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 1,747 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 1,747 | That is not right. Is there something in the hole? Is that screw too long? Something is holding it proud of the casting. Time to pull it out and take a look.
Steve H
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 131 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 131 | Thanks for the responses guys. I was not expecting to hear this. I checked the parts before assembling them and the guides definitely are seated all the way in the ball nut. I took just the ball nut and the put the guides in it. Looking down the ends you can see the guides and see that they are fully seated and putting the retention part on the center bolt sits high as shown in the picture. Denny, I was looking at your pictures last week trying to confirm if the center bolt sitting higher was normal and I actually laid a straight edge across my monitor on one of your pictures and it looked like the center bolt was higher on your steering box. I am glad you responded and set me straight that this was not the case. These are the pictures I was looking at. http://www.pbase.com/dennygraham/image/123293084/originalhttp://www.pbase.com/dennygraham/image/123293044/original
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| | | | | Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,279 Renaissance Man | | Renaissance Man Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,279 | Check the ends of the channels to make sure that the tips are not peeled outward, preventing them from fully seating.
Carl
1952 5-window - return to "as built" condition | 1950 3100 with a 235 and a T-5 transmission
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 131 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 131 | I have checked the guides in the nut and looking down the ends I can see that all four halves are fully seated in the nut.
This is interesting in that everything looks good and the halves are all lined up. The balls went through smoothly when it was together, etc.
When I tore it down I saw no indication that someone else had been inside it. | | |
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