Repair on steering gear box
Most have you have either helped or read about the saga of "where did this come from". http://forums.woodalls.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/26925511.cfm Now that that mystery is solved I was...
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pkunk wrote:
What chassis is this? It would be nice to let us know without having to go to another web page just to see if it might apply!
Here's a snip-it of thread link.
1998 Ford E-450 Super Duty 31 ft Class C
I am doing this as a favor for a retired senior couple on the road.
I was backing their MH down a long dirt road for them when I heard a snap. Figured I just ran over something. When I got out to look to see how low a tree branch was and my distance from a ditch before proceeding, is when I noticed up on the highway where I started the decent was a bolt laying in the road. Was it from some other vehicle or theirs?
westend wrote:
If I had a crystal ball, I think it would show that someone has worked on the steering box at one time and might have had a bad time aligning everything to secure it with those bolts.
That would explain the missing washer, the broken bolt, and the galling on two faces of the head of the broken bolt.
You were the one that caught the galling from the picture. I think you and your crystal ball are absolutely dead on right!
Boy you can't get to anything on these van chassis. Open the hood or from underneath you can not see or access anything. I can barely get my hand behind the box let alone a wrench to try and take the nuts off.:R
