There are two areas of adjustment you pay attention to. One is the
adjustment of the pressure on the top of the rocker shaft which is done by the
screw
on top of the cover with jam nut. That is a matter of gentle adjustment.
The other is the end float in the worm inside the box and that is a matter of
removing the box, maybe replacing bearings and races and shimming the cover to
get '0' end float. This is a shipwrights issue because while you are doing
this, I highly recommend replacing the silentblocs with the Delrin bushes in
the steering gear AND be sure to check out the idler as to play.
If your problem is leaking and it is coming from the bottom of the rocker
shaft you have a seal to replace. If it is leaking from the "nut and olive"
(lets not start that again) that is a different issue.
Be warned that once you get in there you may find a worn rocker shaft and
chipped worm and that is about $400 in new parts, as I recall. Randall is far
better versed in this exercise, but this is what I found when I did mine.
BTW it is not as precise as rack and pinion but it steers unbelievably well
now.
David Lylis
69 TR6 CC26160L
60 TR3A TS74461LO
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