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walkerlakeprinter · 07-22-2021, 03:56 PM

I am installing a new 7-tooth sector shaft, but even with the thrust washer on the shaft and without the gasket, the sector thrust screw does not reach the end of the shaft until it is farther in than it leaves any threads for the jam nut! What am I missing?

alexiskai · 07-22-2021, 04:37 PM

What's it look like on the side where it comes out for the pitman arm?

wrndln · 07-22-2021, 04:45 PM

It sounds like you are installing the sector correctly with the thrust washer. Original thrust washers are thicker than the repro washers, but not so thin to have the problem you are having. Is the sector NOS or a repro? If it is a repro maybe it is not made correctly. I try to use Ford NOS parts and you know they will fit right.

walkerlakeprinter · 07-22-2021, 04:52 PM

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Never mind! I had the thrust screw on the wrong side of the cover!
Sometimes it's the simple things we miss.

07-22-2021, 04:37 PM	#2
alexiskai Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: Mebane NC Posts: 2,355	Re: 7-tooth Sector problem What's it look like on the side where it comes out for the pitman arm?

07-22-2021, 04:45 PM	#3
wrndln Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Lakeville, MN Posts: 5,164	Re: 7-tooth Sector problem It sounds like you are installing the sector correctly with the thrust washer. Original thrust washers are thicker than the repro washers, but not so thin to have the problem you are having. Is the sector NOS or a repro? If it is a repro maybe it is not made correctly. I try to use Ford NOS parts and you know they will fit right.

07-22-2021, 04:52 PM	#4
walkerlakeprinter Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Walker Lake, Nevada Posts: 304	Re: 7-tooth Sector problem Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Never mind! I had the thrust screw on the wrong side of the cover! Sometimes it's the simple things we miss.