Bill Excellent point, thank you for bringing it up. The angle is theoretically not adjustable. The drag link is not adjustable at all being a fixed length. The pittman arm on the steering box is supposed to be indexed from the factory and the mark is perpendicular to the pins or studs. So....if the bell crank isn't more or less perpendicular...we might assume that something is incorrect The only way to adjust the angle is by ignoring the index marks on the pittman and sector shaft and changing them. I think you could do it a few flutes one way or the other and not mess things up, but it would be a small amount of adjustment.I am pretty sure I have looked at this and with the steering box centered (and the pittman per factory index), the bell crank isn't quite perpendicular but it is close. I can only guess, ASSUMING the engineers did this intentionally (as opposed to something off after 80 years), that it has something to do with the different length tie rods?Engineering is cool!
Steve G Beautifully restored by a well-known shop here in the states. Not instructed to fix....so maybe DOA...or something else like a cable or the gears in the t-case...?
Steven B. The manual says to "drag"...but I find that I can put enough torque on the nut to get the wheel to lock up...but if I push on it just a little bit...it breaks free and then no drag. You can then tighten it more and the same thing happens....
That 50 ft/lb - 1/6 number is the recommended value for the later jeeps. Same basic hubs so you done good!
Pharquar It liked to have beaten me too! Center punch, drill with 1/4" bit, then carbide bit on an angle grinder and carefully remove enough to where you can tap the shaft up (brass drift) from the bottom. Once the shaft moves...you will be able to see the remains of the pin and knock/pick it out. Full blown PITA!
Ben S. I have always bought them from Big Flats Rivet Company, but they went out of business...and their website appears to have been taken over by the virus crowd.
McMaster sells dome head rivets - look like the right animal for Willys style...if you want proper Ford style for your GPW...you will need to grab a collet and put them in a lathe and turn them...plus modify the rivet set...all doable!
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Bill Excellent point, thank you for bringing it up. The angle is theoretically not adjustable. The drag link is not adjustable at all being a fixed length. The pittman arm on the steering box is supposed to be indexed from the factory and the mark is perpendicular to the pins or studs. So....if the bell crank isn't more or less perpendicular...we might assume that something is incorrect The only way to adjust the angle is by ignoring the index marks on the pittman and sector shaft and changing them. I think you could do it a few flutes one way or the other and not mess things up, but it would be a small amount of adjustment.I am pretty sure I have looked at this and with the steering box centered (and the pittman per factory index), the bell crank isn't quite perpendicular but it is close. I can only guess, ASSUMING the engineers did this intentionally (as opposed to something off after 80 years), that it has something to do with the different length tie rods?Engineering is cool!