Steering column
 

What do you do when your notches on the quadrant are gone where your spark and throttle rods ride?

Also I need a worm gear if anyone has a good one?

Are the worm gears hard to get off the shaft? Should I use heat? And then there's getting one back on.......

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Define "GONE". Does that mean they are totally missing, --or just worn some? There has been recent discussion about this, and plenty in the archives too but in a nutshell, I use a torch to heat the metal red and a soft blow from a hammer onto a dull chisel to remake them.

There has also been recent discussion on this. I use a press with a special clamping fixture for the shaft to remove & replace. I think it is Mitch that threads the shaft and uses a bolt & nut to press the worm back on. Several ways to accomplish this. Vendors sell new worms that will likely need to be fitted to your sector, ...as would a used worm.

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The notches are worn totally smooth. Actually they have little rolled edges on the metal where the notches used to be cause by the spark and throttle rods.

Maybe I would be better off trying to find a good used steering column?
It is a 31 model A

* need running board brackets for a 31*

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you can use a press or puller to remove the worm from the shaft. i use this snap on puller and to install i tap the end of the shaft then use a grade 8 nut and bolt, washer set up. the end of the shaft already has the hole no drilling required just a need to tap the threads.

http://i684.photobucket.com/albums/v...psaf7e55e2.jpg

http://i684.photobucket.com/albums/v...ps6e137263.jpg

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Thanks for the info and picture Mitch, gonna file this in my to know stash cause my box is gonna need some love later.

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Does anybody sell the splined seven tooth steering shaft with a new worm gear installed ??? The only ones that I see in Snyders or Brattons are for right hand drive.