old_man
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Loveland, Colorado
I rebuild a ton of steering gears for guys on here and port them. Lately I have had a hard time finding enough cores. I bit the bullet and went and bought 3 reman'd units from my local auto parts store. I pulled them completely apart and drilled and tapped them. When I went to put them back together I found that none of the three boxes had the right number of recirculating balls. There are supposed to be 12 large and 12 small. No box had more than 23 balls with one only having 21 and the numbers of large and small were random. Luckily I have a supply of the balls and was able to get them set up correctly, but beware of the shoddy work being done, most likely in China.
Also none of the bearings had been replaced. You can tell the original bearings from the newer ones.
Also none of the bearings had been replaced. You can tell the original bearings from the newer ones.