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"Original"-- Technical Questions, Answers, Observations / Re: Drag link ??? Help

« on: February 17, 2018, 06:34:38 PM »

Thank you for the confirmation.  After reading a number of posts, I realized that often the reproduction parts have small differences than the originals. One must be intuitive in putting it back together.
I just pulled the upper bearings out of my Ross steering box.  I discovered the steering tube and spiral gear is bent and there are 3 ball bearings missing.  So I'm going to order the parts.  Who knows what else the previous owner has done? Having you as a resource has lowered my anxiety level.  Thank you.

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"Original"-- Technical Questions, Answers, Observations / Re: Drag link ??? Help

« on: February 16, 2018, 11:04:50 PM »

Thank you for your help.  I bought the kit and it had 4 ball seats which confused me. Your response was very helpful.  You reference a drawing but I don't know how to pull it up, nor have I figured out how to access 3rd party hosting in photo bucket.
I would like to post a photo but I don't know how to do that yet either. 
My next question will be about the Ross steering box. I opened the box, cleaned out all the grease, removed the zerk fitting, and have a plug for the filler hole. Now that it is all cleaned out, it appears that there is a ball bearing missing. Or should there be a gap about the size of one ball bearing in the race?

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"Original"-- Technical Questions, Answers, Observations / Re: Drag link ??? Help

« on: February 13, 2018, 08:57:56 PM »

This is my first attempt in posting about my 1949 CJ3A.  I have bought a steering connecting rod kit from KaiserWillys.  When I disassembled my jeep I found that the previous owner had put spacers and washers to make it work and now I have no idea how the original parts should be.  Looking at the service manual I am confused by the picture and the instructions.  I have scrolled through many of the posts and am still not clear.  Can anyone help me? Jon