play in left lock after steering box rebuild

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DKW

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Good day and Happy New Year. My Steering box was leaking so i rebuilt with new seals.

With front wheel raised, engine off, i can turn to full right lock OK, and OK turning to left lock. From left lock, when rotating the steering wheel right, it moves half a revolution before the road wheel starts to turn. At this time the input shaft to the gearbox is also turning. If i try this with the engine on, i can turn the steering wheel this half a turn and then it locks, and stops me from turning right any more, it can go left that half a turn.

Also I can not get the lines to line up on the pittman.

If the wheels are on the ground, and they have resistance, it doesn't lock up.

Maybe I made a mistake in the rebuild.

I only noticed this when I decided to raise the front a bleed some more, prior to that I drove it around the block and it seemed to drive OK, and there was no resistance or lock up.

Any comments appreciated.
 
Sounds like you didn't center the cross shaft properly with the worm gear when you reinstalled it during the rebuild.

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