Ford 375 type steering

[Keith Webb]

I'm in the process of rebuilding a steering box for Swiss Chris and wondered what experience people have had with these steering boxes.
Essentially I think they were a bit light for the job, and coupled with inadequate lubrication it is hard to find a good steering box these days.

The one I originally had in it was hard to turn, so I replaced it with another which seemed to be OK but has a bit of play. I am going to try to adjust the sector shaft but as mentioned earlier am doing a rebuild on a spare to send with the vehicle.

Today I disassembled the hard to turn one and found the steering shaft taper roller bearings were both pitted, as was the sector shaft and steering shaft worm. Max has provided both a good sector shaft and a NOS steering shaft as well as a pair of the rollers, so I'll have to find a pair of cups (perhaps on another box).

Has anyone here had any experience taking backlash out of the sector shaft with the adjustment on the side?

Has anyone completely rebuilt one before? Is there a supplier for new sector shafts?

Is this steering box (or parts thereof) common to other Ford vehicles?

To answer some of my own questions I'm looking at the Macs Auto catalogue which seems to have all the required parts - just need to see whether they are the correct ones for a CMP. Here's a link.