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Old 24-08-04, 15:31
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I'll second everything Sean has said and add that to steer a carrier on it's brakes only won't get you very far. They heat up very quickly with just the gentlest of turns and be rendered useless.
The steering cam is the heart of the whole carrier. It can also be one of the most frustrating pieces. In one case, whilest repairing the steering on one the Shilo museum uses, I had to get a female artilleryman with tiny hands to reach in to tighten the nuts on the bearing brackets.
A few tips: The bearing brackets located on the crossshaft are bore-aligned. Don't try and mix&match these. Mark them before removing them and match them up for re-installation.
Also resist the urge to build up the edges on the steering cam itself. The bearings crowd against this fairly tightly and you are messing with science if you change the diameter of the cam.
Lastly, the two clevises at the cam are simply a slot headed pin which threads into the lower part of the clevis so if you are trying to hammer them out they are not going to come out. They can be replaced with normal clevis pins; you just have to watch the length so they don't hit the floor.
The rods can be made out of regular roundstock and, unless you have a set of BSF tap and die, and you most certainly won't have left hand thread for the opposing ends) threaded to UNF. Tap the clevises the same., just make your adjustments at the forward end only.
To leave the steering cam out of the total equation in the steering geometry would be like leaving Mona Lisa's smile out of the painting. Plus you won't have the fun of showing people how (at first glance) crude the steering system was.
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