Joined: Dec 25, 2016 Posts: 119 Location: Athens, Greece
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2024 4:12 am Post subject: NOS M38 Ross steering assy!
Hi all, further to my previous post, here is a report of a NOS Steering assy I was fortunate enough to find! I get excited when very seldom I have on my hands genuine parts wrapped still in wax paper!
So here is a comparison of the Part Numbers of the NOS compared to the worn out steering assy I removed from my M38.
NOS PARTS:
GEARBOX (CASTING #): TA122985
GEARBOX (STAMPED #): TA13084OJ
COVER : TA125999 13 114
PITMAN SHAFT: TA124997
NOS WORM
STEERING WEEL TURNS: 4,8
STEERING COLUMN: Longer
MY M38 PARTS:
GEARBOX (CASTING #): T122983
GEARBOX (STAMPED #): No other number
COVER: TA125998
PITMAN SHAFT: 38.15.? SAMI
STEERING WEEL TURNS: 4
STEERING COLUMN: Shorter
Here I pass it on to you experts, since my part number crunching has always been minimal especially with our army multi-part numbers. Do I now have the OEM assy or as Brian suggested one from a M38A1? If so what did I have on my car before? If I’m with an assy from another M Jeep, so be it, I’m happy as after decades of struggling I can now steer with no play or binding, so better late than never!
Here are the pictures that my daughter was capable of uploading (she used this to obtain the URLs https://postimages.org/)
PHOTOS OF NOS
BOX MARKINGS:
BOX MARKINGS 2:
COVER:
PITMAN SHAFT:
WORM:
PHOTOS OF ON MY M38
BOX MARKINGS:
COVER:
PITMAN SHAFT:
_________________ Aris
Willys M38
1936 Cord Phaeton
1954 Mercury Monterey
1968 Corvette Stingray
1973 Mercedes 350SE
1974 Montesa Cota 247T
Odd that a NOS still sealed in package steering gear would have such a terribly corroded worm gear! _________________ Wes K
45 MB, 51 M38, 54 M37, 66 M101A1, 60 CJ5, 76 DJ5D, 47Bantam T3-C & 5? M100
Joined: Dec 25, 2016 Posts: 119 Location: Athens, Greece
Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2024 2:00 am Post subject:
wesk wrote:
Odd that a NOS still sealed in package steering gear would have such a terribly corroded worm gear!
Wes I was under the impression that the gear was coated with grease so I did not examine it more closely! The column itself is NOS as I had to pry out and clean the wax paper from the also NOS nut at the wheel end.
The assy is now mounted and is operating amazingly well, I was hoping the steering issue was resolved for good........
Aris _________________ Aris
Willys M38
1936 Cord Phaeton
1954 Mercury Monterey
1968 Corvette Stingray
1973 Mercedes 350SE
1974 Montesa Cota 247T
I have seen rusted parts that apparently were pulled from the shelf coated with cosmolene and packaged for the Military Assistance Program to be given to friendly foreign governments not for US forces use.
Joined: Dec 25, 2016 Posts: 119 Location: Athens, Greece
Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2024 2:13 am Post subject:
radtech wrote:
I have seen rusted parts that apparently were pulled from the shelf coated with cosmolene and packaged for the Military Assistance Program to be given to friendly foreign governments not for US forces use.
Redtec that is certainly possible. Unfortunately when installing I assumed it was in good condition.
Now it is mounted so I guess I will have to wait and monitor the performance closely. _________________ Aris
Willys M38
1936 Cord Phaeton
1954 Mercury Monterey
1968 Corvette Stingray
1973 Mercedes 350SE
1974 Montesa Cota 247T
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