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| posted on November 26th, 2014 at 11:17 PM |
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Pitman Arm seating on steering box shaft
Hi Guys,
just go my 1960 Baja on the road. The turning circle is tighter turning right than turning left. So the steering wheels turns 1 turn to the left and
1 & 1/4 to the right.
Is it possible for the pitman arm to be rotated on the steering box shaft and the clamp bolt to still sit in the groove ok?
Or is it more likely the tie rods are extremelly poorly adjusted?
The wheel alignemnt seems othwise ok.
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| posted on November 27th, 2014 at 11:19 AM |
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pitman arm can only go on in one location. there is a clamp on the steering shaft between the coupler & the steering box that can be loosened
& then the shaft can be rotated slightly in relation to the steering box.
the other solution would be to have the wheel alignment redone but this time get them to centre the steering wheel in the middle of the travel from
lock to lock. Then index the steering wheel to straight ahead. If you get my drift.
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| posted on November 27th, 2014 at 02:47 PM |
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the other solution would be to have the wheel alignment redone but this time get them to centre the steering wheel in the middle of the travel from
lock to lock. Then index the steering wheel to straight ahead. If you get my drift.
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Do you mean do the alignment like they are supposed to?
I read it on samba, so it must be correct.
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| posted on November 27th, 2014 at 06:45 PM |
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Alignment is badly out. I mean the individual toe angles 'may' be OK but they should know to centre the steering before starting.
Out of interest does your steering wheel sit centred when the box is in it's correct central position? If the wheel doesn't match the box then most
places won't check steering wheel alignment and take it's dead ahead position as gospel.
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| posted on November 27th, 2014 at 10:01 PM |
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I'll check the seating position of the pitman arm first. Maybe I can get small rotation of the arm to the steering box shaft. Hopefully I dont need
to remove the steering box.
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| posted on November 29th, 2014 at 11:39 AM |
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posted by Special Air Service
the other solution would be to have the wheel alignment redone but this time get them to centre the steering wheel in the middle of the travel from
lock to lock. Then index the steering wheel to straight ahead. If you get my drift.
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Do you mean do the alignment like they are supposed to?
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Yeah, I guess you could say that. I'd say they've aligned to the steering wheel straight ahead position rather than centre of steering travel.
I bet they would argue that they have not done anything wrong though.
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| posted on November 29th, 2014 at 09:45 PM |
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I removed the pitman arm and confirmed that it only seats on the steering box shaft in one position like SAS suggested. Adjusted long and short tie
rods with the steering box centred and and now have similar turning circle on laft and right. Also adjusted wheel alignment to4mm toe in to allow
some room for this to reduce when I lift the front end and it drives well now. Also indexed the steering wheel on the the spline to centre the
steering wheel. Back to factory again!
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