Re: 1930 Pitman Arm
A little bit of wear in everything adds up. King pins, tie rod ends, drag link, steering gear. The good part is it’s all straight forward and fairly simple to repair. I just finished rebuilding steering gear in mine. If yours is a 2 tooth Gemmer there are actually 4 adjustments that can be made. The column has to be removed to adjust worm end play. Les Andrews book details adjustments pretty well. Mine had been allowed to go dry and bearing surfaces on worm were badly pitted so I ended up replacing almost everything in it. I bought all new bearings, bushings, sector and worm. Had I known how difficult it would be to get worm pressed off and on without bending steering shaft I would have bought new worm and shaft assembled, but I gotter dunn.
Mine is an AA so some of the parts a little more difficult to obtain but everything is readily available for the A. I am getting ready to completely rebuild front axle in my truck.
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