Hi y'all... Long time reader first time posting. I'm currently working on restoring my second 9n ... Third farm tractor... So I do know a thing or two, but this has me stumped.
On the 9n I'm working on at the moment the steering sector arms have good clearance to the transmission housing. However the threaded end of the tie rod looks to be rubbing against the tranny housing?! The sector arms have almost no play in them at all. Another thing I've noticed is that on most 9ns the sector arms are angled slightly towards the rear of the tractor when wheels are straight... These are showing almost exactly straight up and down.
Now here is where I'm confused... The shop manual shows the linkage having threaded ball sockets held on the rod with a clamp on both ends... Both of my 9n tractors have that only on one end and the other is like a cast integral part of the rod with no way of adjusting that end.
Any advice greatly welcome.
Thanks all
On the 9n I'm working on at the moment the steering sector arms have good clearance to the transmission housing. However the threaded end of the tie rod looks to be rubbing against the tranny housing?! The sector arms have almost no play in them at all. Another thing I've noticed is that on most 9ns the sector arms are angled slightly towards the rear of the tractor when wheels are straight... These are showing almost exactly straight up and down.
Now here is where I'm confused... The shop manual shows the linkage having threaded ball sockets held on the rod with a clamp on both ends... Both of my 9n tractors have that only on one end and the other is like a cast integral part of the rod with no way of adjusting that end.
Any advice greatly welcome.
Thanks all