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The steering box on dad's 1942 Fleerline Aerosedan is really sloppy as soon as you get away from center. And when it's turned to the right it's crunchy, like ilthe bearings are bad. We have a spare box, but the mast shaft was cut, so we'll have to tear it down to swap the mast shaft with a spare anyways. We would like to rebuild that box using the parts from the Filling Station.
Has anyone rebuilt their steering boxes themselves? I'm specifically looking for information about the sector shaft housing bushings. The service manual says to ream the bushings to final size after installation. Does the rebuild kit sold by the Filling Station need these bushings to be reamed or are the good to go as is?)
Andy Mehl
Welcome Andy! Someone who can answer your question should be along soon.
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1953 210 Sedan
Call The Filling Station and ask that question. Most brass bushings that are pressed in do need reaming after installation as pressing them in tends to reduce the inner diameter.
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@steve-d that's been my experience as well. The question becomes is where does one aquire a 1.125" piloted ream....
Most spring & axle shops have reams of various sizes. If you don't have a specialty spring & axle shop close by, check with shops that work on trucks with king pin axles.
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1953 210 Sedan
@andrew-mehl The reamers are available from several suppliers however purchasing for a one time use is not economical. Most automotive machine shops can probably do the job for very little money. I may be wrong but I think a lot of the heavy truck axles and suspensions are now using plastic bushings that do not need reaming.
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@andrew-mehl Andy, Any automotive machine shop should have the equipment to hone your bushing to size after it is installed. The machine is called a PIN HONE, usually made by Sunnen. The shop will have dozens of mandrels that are adjustable to gradually expand as the process progresses. This is the same equipment they use for fitting king pins, piston pins and other similar jobs.
Mike
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