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Old January 20th, 2015, 02:36 AM
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Default Re: manual steering box play adjustment?

If you want to try to adjust it till you get a new one, here is how I would do it. jack the vehicle up so that both front wheels clear the ground. You may want to remove the left front tire so you can get to the steering box easier. On the end of the box you will look for a cover that has a screw sticking out of it secured with a lock nut, you should see threads above the lock nut, this is the adjustment point. Loosen the lock nut and back it off a bit and turn the screw inward to take up the slack in the gears, back in down till you feel some resistance then back it off just a bit, rotate the steering wheel to feel for boniness , turn it down till you feel some, then back it off and if it feels smooth hold the screw in place while you tighten down the lock nut.

Make sure it feels smooth from lock to lock, these gears will wear in the area where you drive the most, so that will be in it's center, while the surface associated the maximum turn will not wear as much and it may want to bind in that area.
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