help

allen6634 · Oct 29, 2013

i took my steering gear box on my 600 ford (it is a manual box) i have finaly got to the point of putting it back togther , but i have a big problem, i don't know how to put my sector gears back ,is there a way to put them in ?

Soundguy · Oct 30, 2013

they slide back in just like they slid out!

they go in , then the teardrop cover plates go on.

refer to paragraph 9 in your service manual to retime the sector gear and ballnut.

on second thought.. I'll assume you havn't bothered to buy a manual for your tractor if you are asking this.

install wormshaft and ballnut assy to steering box housing, adjust shim stack so there is just a hair of preload.. not a lot. and no slack.. or you will have thrust bearing play. too mch prelaod and you will wear the thrust bearings and cause hard steering. center the ballnut mid travel on the wormshaft.

install the double sector first.. put it's large block tooth up.. install it so that the middle tooth on the sector meshes with the middle groove on the ballnut. install the single, right side sector. the 4th tooth on the right sector will go into the 4th groove on the back of the left , forward double sector.

turn to middle, adjust slack, install pittman arms, lube box, buy manual

allen6634 · Oct 30, 2013

thanks for the help, ihave a manual , i just haven't took the time to read it , i have a i. t. manual so it might not be as detailed as some, i do happen to have some questions about the little sector gear ,it has some markings on it i have asked every one i know about this and haven't found out, im assuming that these have some meaning.

Soundguy · Oct 31, 2013

the i&t manual has the exact same R&R info for the steering gear as the shop manual.

so you didn't even read the manual.. just wanted someone to tell you how to do it? really? really?

as to your markings.. you'd have to be less vauge.

allen6634 · Oct 31, 2013

well about the manual, i bought one right after i got the tractor, and then we moved, it got misplaced, my wife and i have been looking for it before i took the tractor apart , i didn't want to pay $50 for another one, so i was depending on well you , because i rembered you telling me that it was easy so i was hoping that i could get some help ,and just after i posted this it was found. lol, as for the markings on the little sector gear there is some marks on it, the marks are on the gears they are on the side of the gears i don't rember if the marks are on the shaft side or the side that the adjusting bolt slides on the gear.