JohnRowehl
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- Location
- South Central PA
Working on the steering gear box on my ‘49 77 RC. Have the front end off and the bolster separated from the axel. Worm gear and bearings are out.
Need to get the steering sector arm, sector gear and eccentric off the sector shaft o be able to put in the new bottom O ring seal. The Oliver service
manual says use a “suitable puller”. (whatever the heck that is) to remove the sector arm. Alternatively, drive it out with a press. I take the latter to mean
that you would drive the sector shaft upward until the arm is free. But it looks like you can drive it upward only so far before the outside edge of sector
gear would hit the edge of the casting. Or is the idea that you drive it up a little in order to get a puller underneath the sector arm and then pull it off the
rest of the way?
Or can you start by driving the sector shaft downward and remove the sector gear first, and then driving the shaft upward to free the sector arm after
that?
Don’t have my own hydraulic press and would like to know have a plan on how to do this before I go to a friend’s shop to use his. Would appreciate any
guidance for disassembling this.
Need to get the steering sector arm, sector gear and eccentric off the sector shaft o be able to put in the new bottom O ring seal. The Oliver service
manual says use a “suitable puller”. (whatever the heck that is) to remove the sector arm. Alternatively, drive it out with a press. I take the latter to mean
that you would drive the sector shaft upward until the arm is free. But it looks like you can drive it upward only so far before the outside edge of sector
gear would hit the edge of the casting. Or is the idea that you drive it up a little in order to get a puller underneath the sector arm and then pull it off the
rest of the way?
Or can you start by driving the sector shaft downward and remove the sector gear first, and then driving the shaft upward to free the sector arm after
that?
Don’t have my own hydraulic press and would like to know have a plan on how to do this before I go to a friend’s shop to use his. Would appreciate any
guidance for disassembling this.
