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04-20-2019, 04:20 PM | #21 |
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Re: 1934 Pickup Frustration- Ready to jump out a one story building
I bought one of these tools today that claims it can clear and rejuvenate clogged grease fittings and lubrication points. Tomorrow I am going to give it a try.
My idea is to jack up the front end, and take as much load off the passenger side kingpin as possible and try and clear the greasejoint. I am curious if any of you have used this tool before: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKA2pXciFTE |
04-20-2019, 07:11 PM | #22 |
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Re: 1934 Pickup Frustration- Ready to jump out a one story building
On an old Chevy I warmed the tie rods and king pins with a small Benzine (sp) torch. Had the grease gun hooked to the fitting. Warmed the area and pumped grease. Worked to get the grease moving.
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04-20-2019, 07:13 PM | #23 |
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Re: 1934 Pickup Frustration- Ready to jump out a one story building
Don't jump off that one story building, You might break something. Just try some of the good remedies suggested above...
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04-20-2019, 07:32 PM | #24 |
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Yes, I have done that same thing. It worked on the other two clogged fittings, but this one has really been stubborn. Tried both the torch and a heat gun, but no luck.
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04-20-2019, 07:32 PM | #25 |
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04-21-2019, 03:40 AM | #26 |
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Also check for correct alignment of all the joints and look for binding. Then reconnect the tie rod and see if the spindles are still freely able to rotate. Then put the drag link on and recheck. Hopefully while going through all of the above, something will present itself as the cause of the problem. It may be worth bearing in mind that the steering box on those models were not the best, hence the move to the roller sector design on the 37 models. |
04-21-2019, 05:44 PM | #27 |
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When these boxes get warn they don't work so well ,I put a NOS 35/36 worm and sector in a 32 box ,I didn't drive it but the feed back was very positive .If the gears are new they can be a Ok box ,
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04-21-2019, 06:52 PM | #28 |
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Re: 1934 Pickup Frustration- Ready to jump out a one story building
how did you put a 36 gear set in a 32, isnt the sector shaft longer?
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04-21-2019, 09:53 PM | #29 |
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Yes the gear set in the 32 is longer so the 35 spline barely clears the Chassis .I machined of some of the boss on the inside of the sector housing to allow it to come through more ,I may have more detail of what I did somewhere if your interested ,Ted
PS I do have shortened sector housings when running header's ,I may have used one of these ,, Last edited by FlatheadTed; 04-24-2019 at 07:59 PM. |
04-21-2019, 10:29 PM | #30 |
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so, you get a 17 to 1 ratio out of it?
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04-21-2019, 10:43 PM | #31 |
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Of topic , I don't want to take over Phartmans Thred ? ,but yes whatever 35 had I think 17to 1
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04-21-2019, 11:50 PM | #32 |
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If you have a blockage and you put enough pressure on a zerk fitting it can push the zerk right out of the hole and take the threads with it. Then you have an additional problem. Been there done that.
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I don't know that there isn't a problem with the box and steering tube, but we'll get the front suspension right first, then go on to the rest of the steering system. Thanks for all the help here. Stay tuned for another update, but it may be a while before I can assemble the parts I need for the job here. |
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04-22-2019, 03:04 PM | #34 |
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What about drilling through the bush ,it wouldn't matter if you touched the king pin ,in fact a little pocket there could be beneficial .
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I did mess with the adjustment nut on the steering box, loosened it up a bit. It might have helped a little, but not enough to make a difference. |
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04-24-2019, 07:57 PM | #36 |
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Not sure if this will help but ,We did a mercury 39 recently were the car was like a whale on the freeway it would want to take of left or right ,normal driving requires slight adjustments of the wheel as you go .This had no self centring so after a close inspection we realised that the King P bearings were up side down and were seized from getting water in them , Had to remove the axle and drive out the pins (what a Job ) its now a completely deferent car to drive ,The two parts of the bearings should rotate independent ,Follow Marts proses you might find something, We do use jacks under the tyres to take a bit of weight while its on jack stands then turn the wheel .for inspections ,
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04-26-2019, 10:10 PM | #37 |
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The self righting steering wheel was a quite a new thing in the 1920s. Before that you would have to turn the steering wheel to get the front end straight again after a turn. Not something we think about, just something we think is normal.
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04-26-2019, 11:40 PM | #38 |
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yup, if it wont self center, something is seized up
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