List:
I am still working on rebuilding those BN-1 BN-2 steering boxes. ( I'm
Making two out of the three I have on the bench ) A real job came up and
delayed things a couple of weeks. Got the last one out of the car and cleaned
up yesterday. One box has cracks at the steering column so that leaves two
good ones. I will mike the bushings and replace and hone as necessary. I also
intend to bore the seal diameter about .090" deeper and fit two lip seals. I
did this on the idler bodies and it puts the lip seal on a part of the shaft
that shows no wear. All the pegs look good so I'm OK there. Of the three worm
gears one has very deep wear but looks smooth, the other two show much less
wear but have tiny pitting on the bearing surface. How much will the pitting
affect things with such a slow moving bearing? What is the group knowledge on
the best repair? If I can find new worm gears I can cut and re-weld the
steering shafts. It doesn't look like the later worm gear will
fit the early box. Is there a source for the worm gear? If I just put the
best parts together I will probably have pretty good boxes but it's not a job I
want to do twice. Especially after the car is all painted and pretty. Anyone
got any ideas?? Answer on list so we can all share.
Regards
Ray Juncal
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