ford 1950 idler steering arm, need help

[Cheaterpete]

Hello

Could you help me, I have to change the idler arm on my 1950 ford, but how do you do it' I can t figure out how to take it off

Any explanation or pictures will be welcome

thanks

[51 MERC-CT]

Remove bracket from frame.
Take note of the relationship (in and out) of the 3355 idler arm to the 3356 nuts.
Remove the 3351 Bracket/nut assy. from idler arm by rotating clockwise (left hand thread).
Remove the 3355 idler arm from remaining nut the same way.
Remove and replace both 3356 nuts (normal rotation).
Re-assemble keeping in mind the original location of the noted components.

[Cheaterpete]

WOW, thank you!

I will do that tonite

[Cheaterpete]

Done in 30 minutes, thanks again!

[Paul Bennett]

Oh Oh - I removed the link bracket while attempting to clean the 1/2" grease covering everything but I didn't take note of the relationship in/out i.e. number of turns of the idler. What possible damage/difficulty am I in for? Somehow it didn't seem to matter...what am I missing?

[51 MERC-CT]

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Originally Posted by Paul Bennett

Oh Oh - I removed the link bracket while attempting to clean the 1/2" grease covering everything but I didn't take note of the relationship in/out i.e. number of turns of the idler. What possible damage/difficulty am I in for? Somehow it didn't seem to matter...what am I missing?

No big deal so long as you did not totally remove the arm from the nut.
The arm should be within appox. one revolution of bottoming out when the wheels are fully turned left and right.