541 steering box

[oneofeach]

Can anyone hook me up to an exploded view of steering box from a 541 offset. Were they all the same and how to adjust for free play?

 

[souNdguy]

ah.. that rare lil box.

541 and the 2000 offset use it.

see i this link works for ya
CNH parts

 

[oneofeach]

The pic on that link is not accurate, more like a generic pic. I have it apart it seems too sloppy inside. A screw and lock nut on top looks like an adjustment screw but visually it does not make sense. The dealer here says the cap on the end needs shims in or out but that really does not make sense to me. Has anyone ever operated on one?

 

[WayneIA]

It"s been about four years since I had mine apart, but, doesn"t the top cap have a bolt in it with a jam nut? And doesn"t that bolt have a slot in the top of it as to thread into the top cover?adjusting the vertical shaft up or down to mesh the vertical worm shaft. This from the memory of a brain that won"t see any more seventies. HTH

 

[Dollar Bill]

A screw and lock nut on top looks like an adjustment screw but visually it does not make sense

Loose/worn bearings or gears are your options - Adjust the Pitman shaft like Wayne indicated. If it get's better, you've found the solution. If not, time to disassemble for closer inspection.