08-06-2021, 12:01 PM
Hi Chris,
I recently noticed increased play in the steering wheel on my 1938 based special. Thought it was the steering box but after partially dismantling and checking for wear it turned out to be a quite different cause. The radius arms to ball joint connection on the cross member had loosened — when this was tightened up the play in steering was much reduced.
I guess the lesson is to look at other factors that might have a bearing on the problem like worn spring shackles, loose king pin cotters etc before assuming it’s the steering box.
Of course if you’ve looked at all these my apologies!
Charles
I recently noticed increased play in the steering wheel on my 1938 based special. Thought it was the steering box but after partially dismantling and checking for wear it turned out to be a quite different cause. The radius arms to ball joint connection on the cross member had loosened — when this was tightened up the play in steering was much reduced.
I guess the lesson is to look at other factors that might have a bearing on the problem like worn spring shackles, loose king pin cotters etc before assuming it’s the steering box.
Of course if you’ve looked at all these my apologies!
Charles