Steering Box Adjustment. !!!

[stagefumer11]

Well ive just spent a whole 2 mins adjusting the box.

20 years of wear on the centure spline makes for some large play.

its a simple adjustment, all required is to adjust the pinion shaft up or down in the steering box. Now i think this only applys to manual box's

the pic below, shows where it is located. undo the nut, then adjust the shaft with a flathead screew driver, and tighten it down, this will tighten the pinion on the the splines to take any play out.

Worked great for me, I recomend driving it a little inbetween adjustments to make sure it isnt to tight for you.

[0HR-30T]

Isn't that th pre-load screw,not a slack adjuster?

Guess it works as either though

[stagefumer11]

Id guess it is the preload. all determins play bewteen each tooth/spool i guess.

I got rid of all play. Much tighter smoother, and i dont have any floatly steering like i used to.

+ the fact new tie rod ends, inner and outers help