Steering question

"I don't have any up & down movement in the steering box when I pull up & down on the steering wheel. Could it be the worm shaft bearing adjustment is too tight?"

Usually when the wheel has no up and down play it is a good sign but if things are falling apart in there and are jambed up that is another story. It could well be that the bearings are worn out and the lower one is full of crud. Sounds more like either the bushings are worn out or the gears themselves are worn out. If you steer all the way to one side or the other, can you still turn the adjusting sector shaft covers all the way around? I'd bet not or at least there will be a spot that is noticeably harder to turn past.

I would open it up for a look, expecting to replace the shaft bearings, races and the seals (and probably bushings) on the sector shafts at the very least. There is a soft plug on the bottom of the box that allows you to remove the lower race.

And fill it with grease when you are done - it won't leak and will work fine.

hth

Mountainman...CA

I had the same problem on my '47. There wasn't enough throw on the eccentric adjustment. My plan was to re-bore the adjustment hub with more throw and use thicker bushings. I'm sure it would have worked, but the tractor flew the nest before I got it done.

George Willer