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steering arm question
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2020 11:24 am
by John Illinois
Does the steering/pitman arm fit on a tapered shaft or straight shaft. How much force does it take to tap it off the steering shaft.Thanks.
John
Re: steering arm question
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2020 11:35 am
by Norman Kling
On the cars I have worked on the steering shaft is tapered and has a woodruff key in it. I have used a puller to remove it. If it is loose enough to tap off, it is too loose.
Norm
Re: steering arm question
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2020 12:31 pm
by Steve Jelf
The parts book shows the same arm for all years, so they are all tapered. I don't have a puller that fits, so I bash them off with a brass drift and a BFH. Sometimes they come off easy, and sometimes they don't.
Re: steering arm question
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2020 2:00 pm
by John Illinois
The manual says tap it. off. I Suspected it might be a little more than that.
Thanks,John
Re: steering arm question
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2020 2:02 pm
by FATMAN
Heat it up with pen. oil, let cool tap off, seems to work better this way, Bob
Re: steering arm question
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2020 4:13 pm
by TonyB
While I agree all steering arms appear to have a taper, they are not all the same. I believe the very early Ts with a short steering column use a different angle than later models. I suspect the 1912 torpedo used yet a different design and I suppose the Improved cars yet another.

- Four different steering arms.
I didn’t take this picture but two years ago I was very interested in such items and saved a picture from an earlier thread.
Re: steering arm question
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2020 5:02 pm
by perry kete
Tony,
I guess in one way or the other you took the picture!
