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So is that an early style box.. or a late style steering box? The cutoff happens mid early 50... Does your box have adjustable studs opposite of the steering sector arms and are they held in with ocal plates with 2 bolts? .. or are the sector arms held in with round plates with many bolts... etc. Either way I'm betting at least top bearing disintegrated.. if not the bottom one as well... Probably lack of lube on the top bearing. Best part of all is the repair procedure. Remove grill bumper, steering wheel, drain gas, remove gas line, unbolt doglegs from support, and remove hood+ doglegs and gas tank as one piece. Remove battery box, battery, throttle linkage, and choke handle / linkage.
remove oil line from dash, as well as electrical connections.. lights, ignition, etc. Remove dash and cowling. Now you are down to the steering tube and box... it is simple from there. Hope it is just the top bearing. If you are super lucky.. it will just be the top bearing mangled , and you will find all the pieces( magnet on rod to get ALL rolers out ), and not have to go any further into the system, assuming steering is otherwise tight. Many of us have had to rebuild our steering.. If you don't have one.. get a copy of the I&T FO-4 manual.. has pics of all three steering setups.. Soundguy.
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