How To Service 39 Ford Headlight Switch

My 1939 Ford Standard Coupe - The Restoration

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I've tripped over this thing for over a year, and moved information technology back and forth in the garage. It's time to deal with the steering wheel and steering gear associates!

Nosotros put the gearbox in a vise, removed the erstwhile cotter pivot, and loosened the big hex nut that holds the sector shaft with the roller assembly. A elementary two jaw puller achieved the task of getting the steering arm off. It is held in place with a spline that has special grooves every 90� for locating purposes.

Also shown here is the horn button/light switch with its long hollow tube. This passes thru the center of the steering shaft and controls the lights with a switch located at the very bottom finish of the steering gearbox. The pictures below show the retainer pieces that must be removed before the button and tube tin can exist pulled out. This cannot be done with the steering assy mounted in place in the car. Usually, you have to loosen the gearbox mounting bolts and besides the steering column mounting bracket under the edge of the dashboard. With the assembly lowered somewhat, y'all can pull the rod totally out. This rod MUST Non GET Bent or you lot will create electric contact for the horn when y'all turn the steering wheel and the rod touches the inside of the steering shaft!

Every bit y'all can see, the cycle has its share of cracks and will require some repair work. The headlight switch ring and the steering column volition clean upwards nicely, and I will repaint them the aforementioned brown color.

This, of grade, is the gearbox (looking from the lesser end) showing the square stub end of the long headlight switch rod and the retaining parts (jump, retainer, and U-clip).

To remove the horn rod you must depress the retainer confronting the spring. With a small screwdriver you tin pic the U-prune out of a groove. Then everything comes free.

You can also see the headlight switch servant bail. That's the wire bail (hanging out to the left in this motion picture) that holds the electric switch tight to this assembly. The retainer prune shown here has a square pigsty to lock onto the long rod. Its other side has two folded steel "ears" which engage the electric switch to activate the headlights.

The steering shaft and roller assembly were removed from the gearbox by gently prying upwards on the embrace. We institute everything to be in very nice shape (owing to the low mileage of the car I believe).

The bushings that support this shaft were tight. The worm and roller associates turned smoothly from lock to lock when we tested the steering before disassembling. I was advised by my friendly Ford practiced (Herb) to clean upward the parts, affluent everything, and inspect the worm and roller for any chips, flaking, or other signs of clothing. From what he could run across in spite of the night grease, things were in good shape. We drove out the onetime grease seal and I have ordered a new replacement, forth with the gaskets.

This photo is non meant to evidence the order of assembly. The roller shaft assembly should actually be flipped if one were to reassembly the function into the gearbox housing.