Oliver 550 steering question

NAllen

Member
Good afternoon,

I ve been lurking here for a few years, but don t often have much to add to the discussion.

Anyway, I m working on rebuilding the steering gear I d on my 58 Oliver 550 diesel. I [u:ae33694380]thought[/u:ae33694380] I had it right. However, the hubs either toe in slightly too much or toe out WAY too much. I m now thinking that I somehow put the steering box back together wrong. Of course I already filled it with gear oil. :x

Before I open the gearbox, do I have the spindles right?

My spindle casting numbers are 1EAF714A (left?) and F102716A(?).
My parts book lists the following:
Right -
EAS-713-A
102 714-A
106 459-A
106 459-AS

Left -
EAS-714-A
102 715-A
106 460-A
106 460-AA

Assuming I need to adjust the steering box, how do I know when I have the sector gears positioned right?

I m happy to add pictures if that will be useful.

Many Thanks!
Nathaniel
 
OK--If you have it in time, the steering should turn about 5 1/2
turns--Did you remove the rear pitman arms from the steering box &
get them back on the same way they came off ?
 
(quoted from post at 18:34:12 08/18/19) OK--If you have it in time, the steering should turn about 5 1/2
turns--Did you remove the rear pitman arms from the steering box &
get them back on the same way they came off ?

I m not sure I have the box in time. I have 4-1/3 turns from stop to stop. I think that is what I had before.

I had the steering box completely disassembled since the upper steering shaft bearing was shredded (very low on oil) and the ball nut return cage was bent (and missing two balls). Dad and I tried to rebuild the steering about 15 years ago, but [i:81fa817e14]obviously[/i:81fa817e14] missed a couple things.

Back in April, John P posted about his hard steering Super55 - I could post the "same" pictures.

https://forums.yesterdaystractors.com/viewtopic.php?t=1391130&highlight=steering
 

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