Bell crank assembly

4x4M38 · Post by **4x4M38** » Sun Aug 10, 2014 1:21 pm

I am rebuilding the steering on my 1950 M38 (see my project page).

I have removed the tie rods and bell crank, and am in the process of cleaning up what I will reuse and replace what is gone or fried.

I have a bell crank rebuild kit I got from Midwest Military. There are a couple more items in it than I removed, which does not surprise me. I used the search function here, as well as searched on line for an assembly diagram of the bell crank assembly. TM9-8012 has a description of installing the bell crank assembly as a whole, but not how to put the assembly itself together.

Can someone help?

Thanks,
Brian

Xamon · Post by **Xamon** » Sun Aug 10, 2014 1:59 pm

try tm 9-1804b page 48 it has a nice exploded diagram of it.

chrisk · Post by **chrisk** » Sun Aug 10, 2014 3:44 pm

Hi Brian,
First;
See photo gallery page 1, my album "sinrisnekaf" with bellcrank pictures.
Second;
Do you received the rubber Insulators for the generator?
Chris

4x4M38 · Post by **4x4M38** » Sun Aug 10, 2014 7:45 pm

Xamon,
Thanks, that is exactly what I needed! Thought I'd looked at all of the manuals. Looks like I am missing 7375177 spring, and 7375180 seal.
Need to go recheck all of my bags.

Chrisk. Rubber insulators?
Thanks for the photos!

Brian

chrisk · Post by **chrisk** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 1:46 am

excuse me, I meant a different Brian.

4x4M38 · Post by **4x4M38** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 9:31 am

Crisk,
No problem. I thought I saw some of those generator bushings on Ebay yesterday.

Thanks for posting the photos. It helps a lot.
Take care,
Brian

4x4M38 · Post by **4x4M38** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 4:04 pm

Working my way back up the hill.

Pulled the drag link. Looks like the steering gear box is next. About 1/2" of play side to side of the shaft at the ball end. I don't think there is supposed to be any.

jimm · Post by **jimm** » Mon Aug 11, 2014 8:04 pm

4x4M38 wrote:Xamon,
Thanks, that is exactly what I needed! Thought I'd looked at all of the manuals. Looks like I am missing 7375177 spring, and 7375180 seal.
Need to go recheck all of my bags.

I don't think you will find a seal. There was a discussion on this forum a while back about the seal, and IIRC no one had a replacement for it. I wound up using a short (very short!) section of radiator hose on mine.

4x4M38 · Post by **4x4M38** » Tue Aug 12, 2014 8:53 am

Hi Jim,
Thanks for the reply.

I talked with John at Midwest yesterday about the seal. He said there was no replacement available. I did some digging and found the original. It has a couple of nicks in it, but isn't brittle. Probably all of the grease and oil helped.
I'll Armorall the thing and reinstall it.

Take care,
Brian

STXM38A1 · Post by **STXM38A1** » Tue Aug 12, 2014 6:39 pm

Here's the skinny on the parts:

(from my photo album on page 5, "Steering" sub-album)

4x4M38 · Post by **4x4M38** » Tue Aug 12, 2014 9:08 pm

Warren,
Wow, that's quite a trail.

However did you get onto it?
Brian

Post by **wesk** » Tue Aug 12, 2014 9:53 pm

Brian,

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The URL's I made Bold/Underlined will usually offer the data you saw on Warren's sheets.

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4x4M38 · Post by **4x4M38** » Wed Aug 13, 2014 10:48 am

Hi Wes,

I emailed the supplier listed on his post, and received a reply asking for my business name and address.

We'll see where that goes.

I will buy two seals and springs if I can get them, so if someone else is looking I may have an extra set.

Thanks,
Brian