Saginaw manual steering box adjustment

Jeep Manual Steering Gears. Koyo & Saginaw Jeep uses the Saginaw steering gear unit. torque wrench on worm shaft to check preload adjustments. To adjust the pitman shaft end-play and mesh load adjustment rotate the steering wheel to center position. This places the worm and sec-tor gears in the center Slowly tighten down the Adjusting Screw while turning the steering box from lock to lock until you feel the box tighten while passing through the center of SAGINAW GEAR BOX ADJUSTMENT The first adjustment is the input of the box where the steering shaft comes in. There is a 2-inch jam ring, back To make the over center gearbox adjustment; find the center position of the steering wheel. Turn the steering or worm shaft from full right to full left while With the Vega ( and most manual and power steering boxes , with the exception of the Saginaw 605 ) a clockwise rotation of the lash - adjusting screw willand turn the adjusting screw a few turns counter-clockwise. (This removes from the worm bearings the load imposed by close meshing of rack and sector teeth.) The first adjustment is the input of the box where the steering shaft comes in. • There is a 2-inch jam ring, back it off, and then under it are 2. 405-4 SAGINAW STEERING GEAR DIVISION If clearance is greater than .05 mm (.002") a steering gear ADJUSTMENT SPECIFICATIONS – MANUAL STEERING. Gear