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Power steering
Working on the poser steering right now. When I got the 55 it had a Saginaw box mounted inside the driver side frame rail in front of the front crossmember- like hundreds of 40's I've seen. This would probably have worked OK with a 2F engine but in this case the steering shaft rubbed against the driver side exhaust manifold. The shaft already had two universal joints between the firewall and steering box- I thought about adding another along with a support bearing (like the PTO driveshafts have) but didn't want three joints in the shaft.
The ugly green 55 I recently bought for parts from jeff Dozier had a Scout (I think they're made by Saginaw anyway) box mounted on the outside of the frame rail. Hmmmm The box looked pretty new, decided to use it on my truck. Cut a plate from 3/4" steel after making up a cardboard template, located the steering box on it and then drilled and tapped the plate for 7/16"-20 fine thread bolts. Have the plate clamped to the frame ready to be welded, when that's done I can install the box and the shaft from the gree 55. I'll need to make up an arm from the pitman to the pass side of the tie rod, gonna make one up from an original tie rod end (tie rid end) and the DOT tube that was on the green truck. That one has a threaded heim end. Should work out fine.
Funny that the PS worked fine - I put almost 800 miles on the 55 with the steering shaft rubbing on the manifold. I didn't liie it though and couldn't live with it like that. Only real problem was with the bent relay rod I couldn't turn the wheels all the way to the right against the knuckle stops! Will get some pictures posted. Gary
Working on the poser steering right now. When I got the 55 it had a Saginaw box mounted inside the driver side frame rail in front of the front crossmember- like hundreds of 40's I've seen. This would probably have worked OK with a 2F engine but in this case the steering shaft rubbed against the driver side exhaust manifold. The shaft already had two universal joints between the firewall and steering box- I thought about adding another along with a support bearing (like the PTO driveshafts have) but didn't want three joints in the shaft.
The ugly green 55 I recently bought for parts from jeff Dozier had a Scout (I think they're made by Saginaw anyway) box mounted on the outside of the frame rail. Hmmmm The box looked pretty new, decided to use it on my truck. Cut a plate from 3/4" steel after making up a cardboard template, located the steering box on it and then drilled and tapped the plate for 7/16"-20 fine thread bolts. Have the plate clamped to the frame ready to be welded, when that's done I can install the box and the shaft from the gree 55. I'll need to make up an arm from the pitman to the pass side of the tie rod, gonna make one up from an original tie rod end (tie rid end) and the DOT tube that was on the green truck. That one has a threaded heim end. Should work out fine.
Funny that the PS worked fine - I put almost 800 miles on the 55 with the steering shaft rubbing on the manifold. I didn't liie it though and couldn't live with it like that. Only real problem was with the bent relay rod I couldn't turn the wheels all the way to the right against the knuckle stops! Will get some pictures posted. Gary
