Steering sector gasket needed?

[Ted in MN]

Is there supposed to be a gasket between the steering sector housing and the steering housing on a '31 two-tooth steering gear?

 

[ed thibodeau]

None required

 

[jw hash]

yes and it is cork

 

[J Wade]

I have a round cork gasket. There is also a thrust washer but I don't know which way you put it.

 

[Mike V. Florida]

I have a round cork gasket. There is also a thrust washer but I don't know which way you put it.

Wide, flared, end towards the box.

 

[Mike V. Florida]

yes and it is cork

True, circular cork gasket.

 

[Kurt in NJ]

I used a rubber oring in mine when it was last apart, ---I had restored the car 10 years before using the cork,it had shrunk and wasn't doing the job ---now 25+ years on the rubber --- wet inside not outside,

 

[100IH]

Look at the surface of the main (worm) housing where the sector housing meets the main housing. There is a recess where the cork/paper gasket ring lies and seals to the sector housing.