The Ford Barn

Bob C · 11-08-2021, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by old ugly

cool
where do i buy that setup? 13/16"

thanks
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Ebay. https://www.ebay.com/itm/13370646223...UAAOSwLqVgXukw

https://www.ebay.com/itm/40200372608...8AAOSwqYBWn-Sz

The bushing is Dodge 119246 and the hub is S20-6 or S20-8.

Pete · 11-08-2021, 10:45 PM

Back in the 50's to the 80's I was driving Ford F100's for shop trucks. I was buying them used and fixing them up. All had worn out steering gears when I got them. Whoever heat treated the worm and roller in those steerings didn't have a clue.
Anyway aftermarket rebuild parts were available and they were considerably better than the OEM parts.
I needed a shaft clamp in order to change the worm gear so I borrowed an idea from the gunsmithing trade. I got a foot long piece of 2 inch square bar stock and ball end mill the size of the shaft. I milled a groove down the middle, .010 shallower than the shaft diameter, full length of the bar, cut the bar in half, clamped the 2 pieces together and drilled 6 1/2 inch holes through both bars so they could be clamped over the steering shaft with half inch bolts.
Pushing the old gear off was a simple matter of sitting it over a hole in a plate and pushing the shaft out. The clamp was needed for installing the new gear.
The clamp never slipped in the several times I used it but it took a LOT of torque on the bolts to hold it. I used my half inch rattle gun and let it rattle till the nuts didn't move any more.

11-08-2021, 10:45 PM	#22
Pete Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Wa. Posts: 5,415	Re: install of worm gear on steering shaft Back in the 50's to the 80's I was driving Ford F100's for shop trucks. I was buying them used and fixing them up. All had worn out steering gears when I got them. Whoever heat treated the worm and roller in those steerings didn't have a clue. Anyway aftermarket rebuild parts were available and they were considerably better than the OEM parts. I needed a shaft clamp in order to change the worm gear so I borrowed an idea from the gunsmithing trade. I got a foot long piece of 2 inch square bar stock and ball end mill the size of the shaft. I milled a groove down the middle, .010 shallower than the shaft diameter, full length of the bar, cut the bar in half, clamped the 2 pieces together and drilled 6 1/2 inch holes through both bars so they could be clamped over the steering shaft with half inch bolts. Pushing the old gear off was a simple matter of sitting it over a hole in a plate and pushing the shaft out. The clamp was needed for installing the new gear. The clamp never slipped in the several times I used it but it took a LOT of torque on the bolts to hold it. I used my half inch rattle gun and let it rattle till the nuts didn't move any more.