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How do I reduce the excess back and forth play in my steering??Its pretty sloppy..chef- 
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First check for loosness it the pitman arm itself.The pitman arm is the "lever" that is attached to the steering gear-and the tie rod ends attach to it also.The pitman arm is in two pieces for 1939-48 knee-action cars.There are four hard rubber bushing used - they "insulate" one part of the arm from the other.This was done to eleminate road shock from bumps, etc.Often these bushings go bad from the oil etc. that comes in contact with them.
With the wheels on the groung have some one move the steering wheel back and forth briskly.Hold on to the arm-if bushings are bad you will feel it flexing.The arm is held together with two studs.
Play in the steering-see shop manual for gear adjustment.I always do it the easy way-not shown in manual-my first try is to loosen the lock nut on the sector shaft adjustment and turn down screw.Must be done with wheels in the straight ahead position and wheels off the ground.-tightening adj. screw until play is removed-if made too tight steering will bind ....if some play remains the sector shaft will need replacing.Some may disagree with my proceedure and prefer to go "by the book" but it has always worked for me.I find the other adjustments seldom need changing and an amature is better off not fooling with them.Also fill the steering gear---140 trans. oil is too thin-chassis grease to thick-make a mixture of the two.It should be thin enough to run into the bearings but if too thin it will leak out past the pitman shaft seal.
Gene Schneider
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Chev Nut thanks again and will report back will my results,chef-
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