Lahti35 Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 I had an unfortunate mishap and am in need of a steering worm gear for my 1920 DB, drop me a line if you have one you can part with. PM works best! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minibago Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 I have one in Australia if you cannot find one in the US. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lahti35 Posted June 30 Author Share Posted June 30 10 hours ago, Minibago said: I have one in Australia if you cannot find one in the US. Thanks! I'll be in touch if I can't find one in the US in a few weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30DodgePanel Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 (edited) 10 hours ago, Lahti35 said: I had an unfortunate mishap and am in need of a steering worm gear for my 1920 DB, drop me a line if you have one you can part with. PM works best! For those of us who haven't studied these earlier parts, can you post a part number maybe for the column or the part itself in case we have one in stock? And, are they possibly interchangeable with any other years? Edited June 30 by 30DodgePanel (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nat Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 What years would a complete box and/or the worm be interchangable with? I think the best bet would to replace the worm and gear as a set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lahti35 Posted June 30 Author Share Posted June 30 Thanks for the replies guys... I'm afraid I don't know much about year interchange, I haven't been able to find much myself. It appears there are a few different kinds of assemblies. My style has the worm and 3 washers on each side. Another type appears to have ball bearings instead of the washers. A third type appears to have a different housing and shorter shaft coming out of it and fits later cars but I have no idea if the gears inside are the same, it would seem to be a possibility. My steering gear housing has "C 7134 E" cast into the side facing the engine but it's the only number I can see. The actual worm itself has no markings I can find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutdown Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 What's wrong with those gears? And how can you tell if they are not cleaned up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lahti35 Posted July 6 Author Share Posted July 6 On 7/4/2024 at 1:27 AM, cutdown said: What's wrong with those gears? And how can you tell if they are not cleaned up? The worm cracked when I was pressing it off, it's got a nice big split on one end running from the center out that's open 1/32 of an inch or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28DB Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 Do you still need the steering gears? D.B. built Jan. 3, 1922 Send me a P.M. with address and I will mail them. No charge for parts and no charge for shipping. Mike. D.B. member # 5649 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lahti35 Posted July 9 Author Share Posted July 9 How nice is that!?!? PM sent... What a great community we have here. Thanks so much 28DB! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutdown Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 On 7/7/2024 at 2:50 AM, Lahti35 said: The worm cracked when I was pressing it off, it's got a nice big split on one end running from the center out that's open 1/32 of an inch or so. Bit of a bummer there. Cant remember what I did to mine when I reconditioned it 40 years ago. Must have been lucky as the worm was ok. New eccentric bush made and it was sweat. I probably made new worm shaft bushes as well. Filled it with 90 oil. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lahti35 Posted July 10 Author Share Posted July 10 8 hours ago, cutdown said: Bit of a bummer there. Cant remember what I did to mine when I reconditioned it 40 years ago. Must have been lucky as the worm was ok. New eccentric bush made and it was sweat. I probably made new worm shaft bushes as well. Filled it with 90 oil. Stuff happens... I just wish it didn't happen to me, lol! I'll be going the same route with new bushings on the worm shaft, more play in there than I'd like to see. My eccentric bushing is really good, I lucked out there! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lahti35 Posted July 16 Author Share Posted July 16 Parts located! A very generous donation by a member here has things back on track. Thanks to all who responded! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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