The Ford Barn

Big hammer · 01-05-2017, 11:43 AM

When I purchased my late 31 tudor, it had alot of problems! The steering was hard to turn, loose as a goose. With the wider than normal tires,6:50-16, I could hardly turn it sitting still. Please don't try turning the steering wheel unless the car is rolling, just a little moving works! For the loose as a goose and very hard turning, when exiting a turn I would have to turn it manually back!
So after buying and reading ford service manual, I removed the steering box from the car. Once in a dark dingy basement shop, I disassembled the box,cleaned and inspected what a had! As a dumb 16 yr old,i decided to just reseal,reassemble,and reinstall in my car. Following FORDS SERVICE MANUAL I proceed with my plan. After I finished,I had a nice wheel, smooth, no slop, and when exiting a turn the wheel would turn by itself! Still it was almost impossible to turn the wheel sitting still, even today with 19" tires, unless the car is rolling a little, a little means, letting the clutch out a lttle, then turn your steering wheel!
The rant" buy the ford service manual " read,follow,repair, and enjoy your Ford model A, the way it was made! In the 30's they had mud rutted roads not paved smooth roads. Modern weak man needs to suck it up, go and enjoy their model A's the way it was made!!! If you need power steering to drive your A's hire a chauffeur! Rant over :-)

01-05-2017, 11:43 AM	#1
Big hammer Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Land of Lincoln Posts: 3,430	Steering rant When I purchased my late 31 tudor, it had alot of problems! The steering was hard to turn, loose as a goose. With the wider than normal tires,6:50-16, I could hardly turn it sitting still. Please don't try turning the steering wheel unless the car is rolling, just a little moving works! For the loose as a goose and very hard turning, when exiting a turn I would have to turn it manually back! So after buying and reading ford service manual, I removed the steering box from the car. Once in a dark dingy basement shop, I disassembled the box,cleaned and inspected what a had! As a dumb 16 yr old,i decided to just reseal,reassemble,and reinstall in my car. Following FORDS SERVICE MANUAL I proceed with my plan. After I finished,I had a nice wheel, smooth, no slop, and when exiting a turn the wheel would turn by itself! Still it was almost impossible to turn the wheel sitting still, even today with 19" tires, unless the car is rolling a little, a little means, letting the clutch out a lttle, then turn your steering wheel! The rant" buy the ford service manual " read,follow,repair, and enjoy your Ford model A, the way it was made! In the 30's they had mud rutted roads not paved smooth roads. Modern weak man needs to suck it up, go and enjoy their model A's the way it was made!!! If you need power steering to drive your A's hire a chauffeur! Rant over :-)