Adjusting PAS steering box?

[Tor]

My V8 was converted to PAS but has unequal steering radius by as much as up to half a turn, which is really annoying in parking situations as I'm forced to do three-pointers where I shouldn't. The question is whether I have to pull the box out, centre the output shaft to the rest of it and refit, or whether anything can be done in situ.

 

[corazon]

Yeah it does sound like the pitman arm has been installed on the wrong spline orientation. Can it be done it situ? I can't picture if you could get clearance for a puller there?
Hopefully there's an alternative solution someone more experienced can offer Tor
Jim

 

[harveyp6]

You won't remove the droparm with the box in-situ. I've had the droparm work loose, and tightening that with the box in-situ was difficult enough, I can't see how there would be enough room to get a droparm puller on and tighten it enough to crack the droparm off.

 

[Tor]

Hi guys!

I was told ... there was a possible way to address this inside the box itself, by disconnecting a component linking input and output before centring everything?

 

[roverp480]

As its a steering box, I cannot see if the drop arm is in the wrong place, how any changes inside the box would help. If in the straight ahead position the nut in the box is off centre , nothing would alter that other than centring the drop arm. It would appear that the arm can be fitted in any position, so I believe your only solution is to reposition the drop arm.

 

[Tor]

I'll just have to prepare for that, then. The idler needs inspection so there's plenty of excuses to get it all done...

 

[keynsham1]

I don't think you can move the drop arm. If I remember correctly, there is a spline missing on both shaft and arm so it will only fit on one location. Also the spline is tapered which makes the arm a right b*****d to get off! I have removed and rebuilt my PAS box and I don't remember any specific instructions regarding refitting. I will have a look in the Manual later and see what is says?