Hi, re-assembling my Saginaw power steering unit after rebuilding it. Had bracket and everything off for painting, and noticed as I put it together on the chassis that there is a slight angle (horizontally) to the unit, so the steering shaft will NOT be perfectly perpendicular to the dash in the car.
There is hardly any slop in the mounting bracket, the photo below shows it pulled as far clockwise (in ref to photo) as it will go.
There were no shims or anything that I recall inbetween the base platform and the chassis to "skew it" any farther, but sure seems strange the steering post would not be perpendicular to the car's dash?
Is the steering wheel actually at a slight offset from being parallel with the dash? There is no steering knuckle or U-joint in these as you know, that coupling is simply two pieces of rubber and four lock nuts, the shaft will be at the same angle as the steering unit as pictured.
I can't think of any way it can be adjusted to be straight-on, simply no adjustments in either the base on the chassis, or the steering unit on the base. No slots, very little slop.
Am I missing something, or truly "not parallel" steering wheel? Hard to believe that is right.
Eyeball it vs the valve cover, and you can see the coupling (and shaft if I connect it up) will angle slightly towards the center of the car....
There is hardly any slop in the mounting bracket, the photo below shows it pulled as far clockwise (in ref to photo) as it will go.
There were no shims or anything that I recall inbetween the base platform and the chassis to "skew it" any farther, but sure seems strange the steering post would not be perpendicular to the car's dash?
Is the steering wheel actually at a slight offset from being parallel with the dash? There is no steering knuckle or U-joint in these as you know, that coupling is simply two pieces of rubber and four lock nuts, the shaft will be at the same angle as the steering unit as pictured.
I can't think of any way it can be adjusted to be straight-on, simply no adjustments in either the base on the chassis, or the steering unit on the base. No slots, very little slop.
Am I missing something, or truly "not parallel" steering wheel? Hard to believe that is right.
Eyeball it vs the valve cover, and you can see the coupling (and shaft if I connect it up) will angle slightly towards the center of the car....
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