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Originally Posted by 700rpm
Neal, I would suspect both the 7-tooth box and the rubber ball. I had both of these situations on my '29 Tudor; getting rid of the rubber ball helped, but did not solve, the problem. My local Model A expert said the steering box needed to be rebuilt and adjusted and I needed to replace that wishbone with one that had a good ball. In the meantime, before I get to all that, I have installed one of the hydraulic anti-shimmy devices on the front axle, and that seems so have relieved the problem until I can get to the major stuff.
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Ray,
As far as the ball goes, does it just get out of shape like the steering arms do? I heard something about taking the rubber ball part off and adding a washer or something under the metal ball, anyone hear of that before?