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View Poll Results: Amount of Steering Wheel Play my Model A has:
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9 | 9.78% |
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49 | 53.26% |
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19 | 20.65% |
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16 | 17.39% |
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05-08-2014, 09:52 AM
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Poll: Play in your Model A Steering
Les Andrew's Mechanics Handbook VOL I has defined as 2" or more of steering play as excessive. How much does your Model A have?
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05-08-2014, 10:29 AM
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Re: Poll: Play in your Model A Steering
About 2-3". Does not wander,etc.
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05-08-2014, 10:35 AM
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Re: Poll: Play in your Model A Steering
You should add to the poll to inquire to 7 tooth or 2 tooth.
It might make an interesting correlation to what we already suspect about the two systems. Joe K
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05-08-2014, 11:01 AM
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Re: Poll: Play in your Model A Steering
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One might guess like myself that a 7 tooth sector might have more resolution and therefore one might adjust it to a fine tolerance, i.e. less play on average than a 2 tooth sector? Is that an incorrect assumption?
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05-08-2014, 11:16 AM
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Re: Poll: Play in your Model A Steering
There is no catagory for less than 1 inch,but more than 0
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05-08-2014, 11:16 AM
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Re: Poll: Play in your Model A Steering
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05-08-2014, 11:34 AM
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Re: Poll: Play in your Model A Steering
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The issue with the 7 tooth is that they can't really be adjusted for wear. What is built in is what you get. Wear between the sector and worm are not removable - except by replacement with new parts. Somewhere I saw someone had made an "eccentric" bushing for the sector in housing - which then allowed one to move the 7 tooth sector closer to the worm and thereby eliminate the free play. It had not adjustment for 'equalization" between the two ends. This may be where your resolution takes effect to advantage. Joe K
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05-08-2014, 11:58 AM
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Re: Poll: Play in your Model A Steering
Mine has about 3/4". No place to put it in the poll!
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05-08-2014, 02:16 PM
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Re: Poll: Play in your Model A Steering
1/2 "
no poll choice 
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05-08-2014, 03:21 PM
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Re: Poll: Play in your Model A Steering
Well, I've had 6 inches of play due to my worn out 2-tooth steering box for the last 38 years!
 I slapped on a steering stabilizer 2 years ago to get rid of a bump shimmy and life was good......... After redoing the stock brakes last month (new everything, WOW, great brakes!) I am now having the steering box rebuilt at Snyders and the entire front end gone through..... 
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05-08-2014, 06:03 PM
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Re: Poll: Play in your Model A Steering
Im with Mitch I have about 1/2 inch travel
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05-08-2014, 06:26 PM
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Re: Poll: Play in your Model A Steering
No more than 3/4 inch on two of my A's and one inch on the other 2. All four steering boxes have been rebuilt. Poll not answered. Wayne
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05-08-2014, 07:45 PM
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Re: Poll: Play in your Model A Steering
I also didn't vote, at 3/4" there is no catagory
Rebuilt 40 years ago, usa sector with needle bearings, probably argentine worm, major adjustment 28 years ago |
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05-08-2014, 07:56 PM
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Re: Poll: Play in your Model A Steering
My two tooth Gemmer had about 3 1/2 inches of play until I rebuilt it and now no more than 3/4 inch of play and it seems to steer more easily and much less stress on the driver especially when the wind is gusty across the road.
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