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[Docs69]

This post is for mkirsch. On 9-20-2013 you told how to tighten up a worm gear shaft by grinding off about .030" off the race and slipping in a piece of hose clamp on the opposite side. The question is, do you grind off a flat spot until the shim slides in or do you gring off a part of the circumference of the race to get the shim to slide in? Thanks in advance.

 

[FBH44]

Tell you something I did on my "H". I ground off 1/16" or so off the rear end of the worm gear, and built a 1/16" spacer to go between the bearing and the front of the worm gear. This pushed the worm gear towards the rear 1/16", and brought thicker gears into contact with the steering gear.
It worked for a little while, some hours, but got sloppy again. I finally got tired of messing around, and just bought new worm gear with shaft on this site; all fixed, works great.

 

[Janicholson]

I believe the theory is to grind a crescent of metal off of the bearing OD, then use a crescent shim to move the non ground side toward the sector gear. A center grinder with a offset of .030 would doo very well at this. Jim

 

[Docs69]

Thanks for the clarification.