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zoopie36

01-30-2014 @ 8:08 AM

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I own a 1936 Ford coupe and the steering is quite difficult. Would appreciate any helpful suggestions. Thanks, zoopie

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01-30-2014 @ 7:13 PM

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Zoopie36,
The first thing to check is the lubricant in the steering box. I purchased my 36 from a well known collector and he employed someone full time to service his cars and the steering box was dry! It still leaks but I monitor the level. I yield to the experts for other problems in steering.
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01-30-2014 @ 8:51 PM

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Drive another '36 ford to be sure you know what they should feel like. Don't drive a '37 as they were improved (in fact some people put them into their '36's).

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01-30-2014 @ 8:59 PM

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Lift the front end, place stands under the axle. Disconnect the drag link from the pitman arm, and see if the steering wheel is still hard to turn. That will isolate problem to either the front end parts or the steering box. If it turns out to be the front end, suspect the king pins. They may not have been greased, or were assembled incorrectly with the bearing on the wrong side of the spindles. I have seen that more than once. If it turns out to be the steering box, and adding lube doesn't change it, it is likely it will need to be disassembled and the bearings replaced. The location of the box to the left exhaust manifold can mean the lube was baked nearly solid.

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01-30-2014 @ 9:00 PM

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alanwoodieman

01-31-2014 @ 8:21 AM

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1936 is the only year that Ford tried needle bearings (think universal joint) in the steering box in place of the bushings, these bearings have a very bad habit of freezing up . As i said they only tried it one year. I have helped change these out for bushings, but you cannot use standard ford-they need to be a lot thicker. We got some from a McMaster-Carr catalog, don't know the numbers

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01-31-2014 @ 8:53 AM

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I had two ball joints, at different times freeze up. Listen to supereal and you will be ok.

keith oh

02-02-2014 @ 8:17 AM

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My hard steering 1935 was greatly improved by removing the old steering box oil and replaceing it with 100% STP. Some use John Deere Corn head grease but STP is more available and econmical.

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02-02-2014 @ 9:06 AM

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lots of help to fix your problem-be sure to let us know what the problem and the cure were, txs

zoopie36

02-02-2014 @ 10:39 AM

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Hi, I really appreciate all of the help from the Early Ford V/8 members. It will come in handy when I am able to work on my 1936 3 Window Coupe in the spring as we are experiencing a very harsh winter in Northern Wisconsin. These discussions are like catalogs as the bring hope of the spring season after one's car has been sitting idle all winter. Thanks again to everyone. I will definitely post what the problem was! Take care, zoopie

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