Posted by hotrodrail on February 25, 2017 at 12:43:25 from (71.185.49.176):
Hello, I am a new member looking for advise on the repair of an old Ross steering box, I cant seem to find any rebuilding info on the internet that is not related to tractors or military ross box's so after reading some of the posts on this forum I decided to join and ask my question hoping one of you can steer me in the right dirtection?
I have a box that was from a 48-49 crosley car but i was told it was also used on combines and tractors as well? the box works but it has a few spots when turning it that feel clunky/binding? I took it apart & found that the upper & lower bearings on the worm gear seem to be missing some balls, unless they are not supposed to have every space occupied by ball bearings? if you count the existing balls & empty spaces it looks like it takes 11 5/16" balls I have 9 on the bottom and 10 on the top. alot of the balls are pitted & rusted but still round. the race area is fine, no scoring or gouges and polish's up fine. the cups for the balls also look fine? the worm gear seems intact and smooth (not chipped or gouged) & following pin (steering arm) also looks fine?
so my question is , how many balls should be in the cups? I want to buy new ball bearings and reassemble the unit. I tried to put 11 balls around the cup and they dont fit? Is one ball smaller then the other 10? I will ad pic's of the gear & bearings that I took after removal & clean up and one pic of the bearing with 11 balls (that dont fit)
my second question is, would the pitted & rusted and missing balls cause the box to feel like it was binding or clunky in spots?
I appreciate any and all help I could get from you guys as there doesn't seem to be a crosley forum or related crosley "ross" steering rebuild thread anywhere on the net.
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