Recent content by BCOWANWHEELS

mine has a little pitting on the inner wrom gear race, worm itself is near perfect ... strange coinsedence, my machineist is abot 80 yrs old, you should have seen his eyes when i came in toting in this 48 box. he said quote"i used to make these yrs ago when i worked for TRW " !!! he gave me a...

Question, is the bearing races on the worm gear replacable, my worm gear is real nice but the bearing races are pitting. Thanks bob

nice engineering. sure makes it nice when the box hsg is cast steel instead of cast iron huh ? going to drop my hsg off at the machine shop to have the flange cut off & the o.d turnned down a bit tomarrow.

Thanks guys.

DOES ANYBODY KNOW THE O.D. of the sector shaft bushings ? I need to make a bushing driver,there in there real snug. also there 3/4" + in between the 2 bushings for the sector shaft. what would be wrong with making it solid bushings completely ? sure would give the sector shaft more support at...

I,am going to use this in a 32 frame. whats you fellas thought on how to mount it ? cut the flange off and weld a new one on with the corrected angle or use the vern tardell wedge ?

OK,got the box openned up. your directions was perfect. now to clean this goop up. looks like axle grease to me inside. how do you go about pressing the gear off the steering shaft ? i have a good press but once again been there done that sure would help this old fella. thanks fellas bob

I,am rebuilding my 48 ford F1 steering box (sector) with all new parts and have a question for you fellas who are knoledgable with this box. I know the box came from ford with gear oil in it but I,am thinking of filling it about 90% of the way with lubriplate #105 white grease (engine assembly...

i,d be scared of the pinned method. the shaft is hollow and the I.D. isnt that big... jmo

got it all worked out fellas. my eyes are getting bad now and it turnned out there was some grit in the nut and in the depths of the sector threads. got it all cleanned out and life is good praise god. regards old man bob

COULD SOMEBODY TELL ME what size nut goes on the 48-52 ford F1 sector shaft where the pitman arm goes ? i believe it 7/8" x 14 tpi. is this correct ? i need 2 nuts real bad so if anybody has any for sale please let me know. i have 2 real nice ones i believe for 32 ford boxes but there different...

HEY GUYS I NEED A 35-40 FORD CAR PITMAN ARM. I know 35&36 is different than 37-40 but i can use either one. if any body has one for sale would you please contact me. bob in e.tn. 1-423-384-8938 bcowanwheels@gmail.com

THANKS GUYS I want it to be as original as possible in appearence as I,am building a preiod correct 32 coupe with a 8ba. 50's style. i was told to install 64 ford falcon field coils in my gen.. as far as my starter it will work excellent on 12 volts and going to neg ground wont affect it all...

Hello everybody, i,am new here and was wondering if someone can tell me if my 50 merc 6volt gen can be converted to 12 volt neg ground ? if this can be done and i need new internal parts can someone tell me the parts supplier for them ? I,am building a period correct in appearence 32 ford 5...

GOT A neet old scoop i,d like to sell. its never been mounted on anything so you can cut the holes in it to meet your application. its pictures on my flathead ford 3x2bbl setup which is not included . price is $145.00 + $20.00 shipping conus. bob in tn. 423 384 8938