Machining a Steering Gear Drive Pinion for a 1925 Ford Model TT truck
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- A short video of a little project I did for the Georgia Museum of Agriculture where I machined a drive pinion for the steering wheel off of a 1925 Ford Model TT truck.
Keith- "A man who loves his job never works a day in his life".. I think you nailed it!!! Thanks for sharing
That truck was in beautiful shape, what a wonderful gift for the museum.
Could not help but smile all the way through this video. My Father restored a total of 7 T Models including one TT. When you said you didn't know anything about Model T's, I recalled that my Dad claimed to know very little about Machine Shop practices… but he sure respected anyone who did. That steering is gonna be better than the day it rolled outta the factory!
Thank you for showing the Truck and where the part goes on the steering column You may not be a mechanic but you are a good machinist who helped fix the old Truck !!!
Awesome looking little truck and great that it wound up at the museum.
Thanks for the video, Keith. What a great gift to give you guys! As mentioned before, I love this old stuff, but I'm more like you, Keith. I'm more into the machinery and seeing how it works. Perhaps that's why I have a sign in my shop: "If it works, take it apart and find out why."
Regards,
Dave
I remind my wife every few months of the engineers credo, at least according to me: "If it ain't broke, fix it 'til it is!"
Hi Keith,
Nice repair for a true old school classic!
Thanks for sharing,
Ray
nice to see a lovely model T looks in fantastic condition keep the great videos coming
Another job well done Keith thanks for sharing.
Nice video. You seem a natural in front of a camera.
It looks like that planetary set up works like a power steering. Model T passenger cars simply had a straight shaft down to the steering box. Most automotive reconditioning jobs are fairly simple, but well worth sharing! Thanks!
Very nice model TT .
Thanks.
Keith;
Another great video.
I had to laugh at around 4:30 when you said "This is a teeny tiny little boring bar". Heck, that is the biggest diameter boring bar I have for my 9" Champion Blower & Forge 9L lathe. I guess size does matter, LOL.
Regards;
Ron Kluwe
Hello Keith
Enjoyed the video!
Chuck
Thanks for filming this little clip i enjoyed it. :)
I'm in no way a machinist but was wondering would it been possible to turn down the new part and bore out the cover and put in a brass or bronze busing to eliminate it from wearing out again later down the road? Keep up the good work and great videos, I hope to one day own my own lathe.
Nice video Keith, It worked out well being that close to just need some polishing...
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That was a pretty simple fix. I was thinking as you were boring of pressing in a short shaft then indicating off of that short shaft. (I way over thought the process!)
***** Yes, you are right. You only took about 0.012" clean up inside the bore. So the remainder must have been very thin indeed.
Good job.
One ton TT has a top speed of about 19 MPH. Love them though. Nice work on the parts.
Nice Keith, amazingly I just did one the other day..But a little "cheating" is to screw
this retainer on the shaft without the gear mark the top for a 1/8 oil hole, then assemble. Far as I know, the steel nichol plated retainer is'nt reproduced, only ones
available is for the brass era Fords. sam
its good to be able to repair parts for the older cars modern vehicles are not designed to be fixed
8:00 to 8:10 there is that slow up to speed again!! Time to get that tach out and check to see if I am loosing my mind or if something is up! lol Maybe the clutch is slipping?
Hi Kieth,
Did you hear me yelling stop before your last pass with the boring bar. 85 -90% bore clean up along with the spigot on the shaft would have been good enough in my book.
Really enjoyed the ride in the loco the other night, any chance of a ride in the " T " when it's done??
Cheers Eric
midgoog2 Gotta leave room for the oil or grease film in the clearance.
I tended toward leaving more of the original metal in place, using a bushing with some JB Weld to fill in the low place. I can only guess since I did not have the pieces in my hand like Keith did. A bushing and turning down the original shaft may have made for a more rigid assembly and saved more of the original car. Would there be room for a bushing of sufficient thickness? Since eliminating the slop in the planetary gear assembly was the goal, it might have been worthwhile for the owner to present Keith with the whole assembly to locate other areas of wear and overhaul and fit the whole assembly as a unit.
KEITH nice job did you go for a ride.
Good ah video ah,but ah say ah "AH" ah so many ah times ah is ah very ah distracting.