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ryanheacox · 01-06-2020, 09:52 PM

I’ve been tearing my steering box/column apart over the last few days and to my surprise it had already been converted to needle bearings. The sector, worm and races were shot but everything else was in decent shape

The bearings installed are Torrington bearings and seem to be in decent shape but I might want to take them out to make sure. I do want to replace the seal at least, what would be the best way to remove it? I can’t tell if the housing was machined from both ends and the bearings were then pressed from each side or if they were pressed in with a spacer and everything goes in one end? I don’t want to try pressing everything out and inadvertently destroy one of the bearings.

01-06-2020, 09:52 PM	#1
ryanheacox Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Northwest CT Posts: 1,092	Remove sector needle bearings I’ve been tearing my steering box/column apart over the last few days and to my surprise it had already been converted to needle bearings. The sector, worm and races were shot but everything else was in decent shape The bearings installed are Torrington bearings and seem to be in decent shape but I might want to take them out to make sure. I do want to replace the seal at least, what would be the best way to remove it? I can’t tell if the housing was machined from both ends and the bearings were then pressed from each side or if they were pressed in with a spacer and everything goes in one end? I don’t want to try pressing everything out and inadvertently destroy one of the bearings.