Dummie’s guide to carrier steering and brake adjustment please

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Gidday all,

I seem to be making steady progress in getting my brakes and steering 100%.

I did quite a lot of mucking around with all the different connections trying to get it all set up as per the manual.

I also found that the steering box was seeping oil and there was little oil left in the box. I pulled the cover off and removed the shims and fitted a suitably sized paper gasket instead. That still hasn't done the job so will have to redo it again.

I have also adjusted one of the tracks and that is a lot better now.


One thing I haven’t yet been able to solve though and which is bugging me somewhat is this. When the steering wheel is at full lock to the left, upon releasing the wheel, there is a resounding clunk which judders through the steering system.

After disconnecting the steering rods and isolating the steering wheel from the steering cam, I have finally identified the culprit as the left side (viewed from the rear) clevis at the steering cam. There is a plate just forward of the cam which is bolted to the hull, and the clevis is actually dropping down below the height of this plate. When the steering is released, this clevis strikes the plate and then eventually rides over it with a clunk that causes a judder through the whole steering system.

It may not have been picked up when the carier was rebuilt. I can see some grinding down of this plate near the end of the hull crosss shaft, but there is nothing that I can see near this left side clevis.

I seem to be having major difficulty getting access to this point though and I wonder if there is any practical way to get to it short of a major stripdown. I have removed all the covers but it really only gives access to the right side clevis and right side of the cam.

I have taken some pictures of the offending clevis using my wife’s mirror placed under the driver’s seat. The steering is at full left lock and the left side clevis is as far back as it will go and you can just make out where it has dropped below this plate on the hull.

My question is, unless I am mising something, how can I best attack the problem? From what I can see, these clevises have a screw through the end that attaches them to the cam. Getting access to the one on the left side (as viewed from the rear) is a problem though. I can barely squeeze into the right rear crew area as it is (184cm and 103kg!).

If I could get this left side clevis off, I’m sure a little bit of grounding off of the edge would do the job, and allow the clevis to ‘ride over’ this plate on the hull a lot easier.

Does anyone have any bright ideas?

Any suggestions would be appreciated.