Hudson 1948 - 1952, Service Manual

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install worm and tube assembly.
3. Install lower bearing and cup.
4. Install worm shaft cover shims and cover and grease
retainer tube assembly. If grease retainer tube is
equipped with silencer make sure silencer is installed on
tube.
5. Install gear shaft needle roller bearings and spacer.
6. Turn high point notch on steering column tube straight
down and install gear shaft and roller assembly.
7. Assemble thrust plate on adjusting screw into slot in
roller housing and attach gear shaft cover and oil seal.
8. Place pitman arm on gear shaft and tighten to 125 to 140
foot pounds.
9. Check worm for end play. if end play exists, adjust by
removing one worm cover shim at a time until end play
is eliminated. Rotate column tube after each removal to
determine if stiffness exists. Stiffness indicates removal
of too many shims.
10. Check gear shaft for excess play. If pitman arm can be
moved more than 1/32// without turning the steering
column tube, remove gear shaft adjustment screw lock
nut and lift lock plate clear of cover boss. (Check notch
on steering column tube to be sure it points straight
down.) Tighten adjusting screw just enough to remove
play between gear shaft and worm. DO NOT
TIGHTEN BEYOND THE POINT OF TAKING UP
LASH. Replace lock plate and lock nut and tighten nut.
11. Replace felt washer on column tube at steering gear
housing.
INSTALLATION:
1. Install steering gear assembly on frame and insert but DO
NOT TIGHTEN three bolts attaching steering gear to
frame.
2. Install steering gear jacket tube. Tighten tube in bracket at
instrument panel.
3. Tighten the three bolts attaching steering gear to frame to
50 to 60 foot pounds.
4. Loosen bolts attaching steering column bracket cap at
instrument panel to allow column
to shift to match position of steering gear and retighten bolts.
5. Replace horn wire and steering wheel with notch in
column tube straight down and wheel spokes horizontal.
6. Replace frame to cowl brace, dust shield, and front wheel.
7. Check front suspension for stiffness by placing front
wheels on roller plates and attaching spring scale to tire
thread. Maximum pull required to turn wheels with drag
link disconnected is 28 pounds.
8. Set front wheels in straight ahead position and attach drag
link to pitman arm. (See "Drag Link Adjustments", page
15-9).
9. F ill steering gear housing with S.A.E. 90 E.P. Lubricant.
PITMAN ARM
REMOVAL:
1. Remove key and plug from drag link at pitman arm and
disconnect drag link (10), Figure 5.
2. Disconnect battery cable at starting motor solenoid and
disconnect starter switch wire from solenoid.
3. Remove starting motor attaching bolts and remove start-
ing motor assembly.
4. Remove nut (1), Figure 5, and lockwasher attaching
pitman arm to steering gear.
STEERING GEAR 13 - 7