Steering Box Adjustment

I don't have my shop manual in the house right now but, the procedure
is very well explained in it. you will need to pull the horn button
and have an inch-pound torque wrench on hand to properly set the
adjustment.



On 7 Oct 2006 10:22:05 -0700, "jeep4cyl@aol.com" <jeep4cyl DeleteThis @aol.com>
wrote:
>I have a rebuilt Studebaker Power Steering Unit in my 64 Daytona
>Convertible. it has a drift that is uncomfortable. It was originally
>built with manual steering and I have had the quicker steering
>installed. The steering box has been adjusted but it still feels very
>tight. There is no return at low speed and you can feel it bind for a
>split second. I was wondering if this could be the problem as you tend
>to over correct when you steer.
>
>What is the proper method of adjusting the Steering Box in my
>convertible.
>
>I tried to post this before but it didn't show up.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Geno
>
>64 R2 Avanti
>
>64 Daytona Convertible
>

Lee DeLaBarre
Daytona62
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....and I'll throw out an odd but similar complaint that I found in my
64' raggie a few weeks ago. My steering wheel would "bump" whenever I
began a left hand turn...It would act similarly when returning to
center, but less pronounced. I fiddled with the steering box per
manual to no avail. I removed the steering wheel, horn button &
contact plate to find my horn bar (the small bronze plate under the
steering wheel to be worn so thin that it had a sharp gouge that the
horn contact button would get hung up on when turning left only....Over
the years I've done mostly highway driving and I guess with the crown
in the road I was mostly correcting the right sided drift....On a
similar note, I had my kingpins rebuilt several years ago...same type
problem....Worn pin area depicting highway driving mostly...
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