Old Crusty- 1958 FC170

piginajeep

piginajeep

The Original Smartass
Since I've owned the FC the steering box has been leaking (which means it still had fluid).

So I decide to pull it apart to clean it up and add new seals and inspect it.


Here's a short video of how the manual steering works in these old jeeps. My FC has a Ross. All the parts to rebuild it can be purchased from omix or crown.

The bottom spline shaft is where the pitman arm attaches.

http://youtu.be/gdXCPci5B5I


Bolt in the center adjust the tension on the steering, you can make it loose or tight. It basically tightens up the sector shaft fork into the gear.

Here's a couple shots


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Sector shaft and worm gear out. That's the end of the steering column

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New seal

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Messy work bench but the steering going back the together
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piginajeep

piginajeep

The Original Smartass
HighwayTrout said:
Holy gigantic steering box batman! Those things come with cross steer or traditional style boxes?

Sweet eBay score too.
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I'll have to take some pictures, it uses leverage from a big bell crank. Like pictured below. I'm slowing rebuilding the steering on it. Everything safety wise is very old. Once it's done I'll feel safer driving it into town.



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