[Farmall] steering adjustment

[Mike Sloane]

There is another issue with the early Cubs: there is a pointed locking 
screw on each steering arm that is supposed to keep it tight on the 
kingpin by sitting in a dimple on the kingpin. If it is tightened too 
much, the point can break off and make it impossible to tighten the 
screw enough to keep the kingpin from turning on its own. Later Cubs 
eliminated this "feature".

Mike

John Hall wrote:
> You'll also see that the arm coming from the gearbox can have the slop 
> adjusted by removing shims--you just drop a couple bolts from under the 
> bottom. You may want to jack it up for testing. You'll probably see flat 
> spots on the tie rod ends. Due to the flat spots you'll have tight steering 
> when you turn full but it will still be loose when the wheels are set 
> straight. I don't know how much these arms are but they cant be cheap. Just 
> like the gearbox itself, it all boils down to how much slop are you willing 
> to tolerate?
> 
> John Hall 
>