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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) 07-30-2011, 11:37 AM
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Posted By rotorwrench
Re: 49-51 Mercury Steering Gear Box Repair

Huff
I found an NOS one and have installed it with good success but thanks for the offer. Having one that is already on the shaft saves a lot of time replaceing the worn out worm on the old shafts....
Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) 07-11-2011, 10:12 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 6,758
Posted By rotorwrench
Re: 49-51 Mercury Steering Gear Box Repair

I had contact with James at Joblot and he mentioned that indexing might be the only problem with use of the F1 worm gear. I'm going to purchase a new one to see if it will index differently on the...
Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) 07-10-2011, 06:02 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 6,758
Posted By rotorwrench
Re: 49-51 Mercury Steering Gear Box Repair

Thanks 51 Merc-CT. Your input at least confirms this will work as far as the worm gear is concerned. I've got a pretty good press set up here at the shop so I'm going to get one of the new...
Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) 07-10-2011, 09:50 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 6,758
Posted By rotorwrench
Re: 49-51 Mercury Steering Gear Box Repair

So far I have compared the worm to one from an F1 pick up and found it to be very close if not identical. The key spline for the shaft even appears to be in the right place. I'm going to start...
Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) 07-07-2011, 02:23 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 6,758
Posted By rotorwrench
49-51 Mercury Steering Gear Box Repair

I am currently performing an overhaul of the steering gearbox on my 51 Mercury and I have questions for those who have done this before. The worm gear in my box is spalled out in the usual place for...
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