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wingski · 02-25-2018, 10:58 AM

I had my wife come out to the garage and turn the steering wheel while I watched the pitman arm for movement. The steering wheel moves a good 6 ” before that pitman arm even budges. I have the old seven tooth box on my ’29 because they introduced the two-tooth box a week after my A was manufactured.

I tried to check for any play in the steering other than that box, but it’s pretty hard to really diagnose stuff with all that play at the very beginning. The steering box adjustment is so limited on this seven-tooth box that I’m leary of trying much of anything.

I am looking forward to any and all suggestions you guys have. Now that I’m drivining the A, I’d like to be able to steer without all that unnecessary movement. Lorraine suggested that I put a squirrel knob on the wheel to help, but I hate to put anything on that brand new steering wheel until I can get rid of some of that slack.

Any help will be appreciated,

Mike

02-25-2018, 10:58 AM	#1
wingski Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2017 Location: Cave Junction, Oregon Posts: 432	sloppy steering I had my wife come out to the garage and turn the steering wheel while I watched the pitman arm for movement. The steering wheel moves a good 6 ” before that pitman arm even budges. I have the old seven tooth box on my ’29 because they introduced the two-tooth box a week after my A was manufactured. I tried to check for any play in the steering other than that box, but it’s pretty hard to really diagnose stuff with all that play at the very beginning. The steering box adjustment is so limited on this seven-tooth box that I’m leary of trying much of anything. I am looking forward to any and all suggestions you guys have. Now that I’m drivining the A, I’d like to be able to steer without all that unnecessary movement. Lorraine suggested that I put a squirrel knob on the wheel to help, but I hate to put anything on that brand new steering wheel until I can get rid of some of that slack. Any help will be appreciated, Mike