[Farmall] Lost Steering on my A yesterday

[Troy Bogdan]

I just went out and took another look, and now I think I know what is wrong.

There are two problems.  1) there are two bolts missing from I guess what
you called the steering gear case (maybe also called a steering box) that I
think probably hold it onto the main housing.  And 2) the bolt that I found
was the one that actually goes into the side of the steering box.  This bolt
hole is the broken piece of metal, and the bolt I found used to screw in
here, but now that it is cracked, it will go in, but will not stay in cause
1/2 of the threads are in the broken piece.

I don't know if this is repairable or not, since it is broken on the thread,
but in the meantime, if you have a parts manual, do you know what the size
of those two missing bolts that hold the case to the housing?  I would at
least like to replace them since nothing else is holding this front end on
from what I can make out.

Thanks so much,  Troy


on 8/26/05 10:13 AM, Jim Becker at jim.becker at verizon.net wrote:

> If the bolt was a 7/16 fine thread, it probably was the clamp bolt that
> holds the steering arm to the sector shaft.  I have seen many that were
> loose, but never one loose enough to fall out.  The piece of steel was
> probably one side of the clamp part of the arm.  Does the broken piece have
> a hole for a 7/16 bolt?  If that broke it wouldn't explain a sudden loss of
> a lot of grease.  Maybe the grease had gradually leaked and this event just
> knocked it loose from where it had accumulated.  Newer replacement arms were
> redesigned to go on a redesigned sector shaft that uses a key and a nut on
> the end of the shaft.  Both the arm and shaft will be badly worn and need
> replacing.
> 
> If the bolt is 1/2 coarse thread, it is probably one of the bolts that holds
> the bottom of the steering gear case onto the main housing.  That would
> suggest another whole problem separate from why you lost the steering.
> 
> Jim Becker        jim.becker at verizon.net
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Troy Bogdan" <tbogdan1 at earthlink.net>
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> Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 6:24 AM
> Subject: [Farmall] Lost Steering on my A yesterday
> 
> 
>> Hello everyone,
>> I hope this goes through, it seems like the list has been down for a few
>> days. Anyways . . .
>> 
>> Yesterday I was mowing with my 1945 A when I suddenly lost steering.  I
>> looked down below where the steering wheel shaft connects into the front,
>> and I noticed a bolt fell out and there was a cracked piece of steel and
>> lots of grease coming out.
>> 
>> Just wondering if this might be a problem any of you ever had, and if so,
>> what is the best way of fixing it.  Thanks,  Troy
> 
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