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Re: Steering box centering [message #367303 is a reply to message #367287]

Sun, 24 October 2021 19:22

JohnL455

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Registered: October 2006
Location: Woodstock, IL

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The adjustable drag link is one more place to get things deeper out of whack. What matters is box is on center. This forces the relay and idler on center. (Unless you have an adjustable drag link where another level comes into play) 2 Tie rod adjusters get wheels centered and zero toe. Everything above the box is just a convenience grade thing so the steering wheel points to 12 o’clock but more importantly so that the signals cancel correctly. You need to pull intermediate shaft from box to see if on center unless you have a demonstrator unit (box with lower coupling) out to play with. Once you know that, you can pull the st wheel and HOPE the scribe on the upper shaft is at 12 and the wheel scribe line up to the shaft scribe. If not you need to bench the intermediate shaft and play tetris with the possible errors to put it back the 1 and only 1 correct way.
The adjustable relay is so once the box-intermediate-st wheel is correct you can do MINOR nuisance wheel centering to keep box on center. Any more than that forces the steering linkage with relay and idler off true center.

John Lebetski
Woodstock, IL
77 Eleganza II

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