VA steering backlash adjustment

[Chasetractor]

Hello,

I'm trying to eliminate backlash in my VA steering. Have removed steering arm and rotated steering arm shaft one third... then another third... then every possible fraction in an attempt to find a tighter working surface for the gear. Is there another way to adjust for backlash?

Thanks!

 

[VACLee]

Do you have any endplay in the column? If you can move the steering wheel up or down, it needs to be tightened. Need to check for endplay centered in the free play of the rotation. Have to pull column out and there is a castle nut on the bottom. Basically, tight it until there is no endplay in the shaft. If there is any play on the column it allows the worm to move up and down instead of moving the wheel gear. 1/8 of play in the column will create to a fair amount of play in the steering.