Oh I'm not knocking them either. I ordered the parts yesterday evening. The parts are already in the mail to me. Ought to get them in a day or two. I'd say then have shipping down that's for sure.
If the first cam follower went similar to the second I wish I had it to test. I did run my finger on the worm gear and it was smooth to the touch. I didn't notice anything out of the norm on it. Last time I replaced the bearings races and cam follower. I have same coming just in case it needs it. I'm not cobing it with something else. The cam follower is new same as last time.
Not making a trailer queen, it's hasn't been redone but it sure was well taken care. It had a good life and looks good after all these years. I just hate to see them just sit in the barn and go untouched. I want to see it work.
I'll keep an eye on that worm gear too.
Funny thing the steering on the Oliver super 55 I have went last summer too. It is almost the same setup. Bearings top and bottom of a worm gear. However it has ball bearing that run in a sort of tube that it wraps around the worm gear. No cam follower on that one. Guess it was a lot like the 8N ford too. It must have been economic to make and is for sure easy to work on.
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