1931 Chevrolet |
Steering |
How-To |
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"Well, I got the shaft and the worm gear out of
the housing. Turns out, once the top part is screwed out, the rest comes out
with a little persuasion. I didn't use the jack hammer, but did use a claw
hammer and tapped carefully on the housing while holding the shaft in place.
It all came out except the bottom race." |
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Need to check your worm gear in the steering column?
Thanks to Peter Z, we have photos of his project. The first hurdle was
how does the steering body come apart? As you can see above, it
unscrews!!
Clever, huh?Now, for the best part.
Click on the link below for DETAILED
instructions on how to adjust your steering gear, worm backlash, steering
linkage and toe-in.
Thanks Peter. We all owe you a big Hurrah!!!
Adjustment Instructions |

Internal Bearing Puller |
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Take a large diameter
round brass punch with a flat/round end and tap out the end plug on the
bottom of the steering box. It’s like an engine’s soft plug. Do this
carefully as you will want to put the plug back in.

Once the plug is removed, you can easily
insert a race puller and tap it out from that hole. |

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(Click on pictures to enlarge them.) |
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Thanks to Peter Z.
Page assembled by Bill Barker
Oct 2009 |