Ford steering wheels

[T Creighton]

Hi Jaques,
From the parts book.
It doesn't say the shaft size but as there are two nuts listed (I missed one on the capture) there must be two sizes.
Hope this helps.
Cheers, Terry

[Jacques Reed]

Hi Terry,

Thanks for that info. The nut C380066S is listed in the back of my parts book as "7/8-20 Steering Nut" which is the one for a 1" diameter shaft.

Couldn't find any other "steering nut" listed in the Standard Parts section of a 1943 F-15A Parts list but perhaps there is one in another earlier model's Parts List with the size listed in the Standard Parts section.

I note in the steering section there was a Part No. C11QF 3513A "Kit-steering gear conversion- complete. Used to convert vehicles in service from truck type steering... to a larger bus type steering".

On that basis I am still leaning toward a change from a commercial steering wheel early in the war to a dedicated CMP wheel later on but always open to other ideas.

Pity those 9N tractor steering wheels don't have a 1" diameter hole!

Cheers,

[BCA]

Jacques: I think you may be correct in your early 3/4" bore versus later 1" bore. The dilemma is finding an existing early truck to inspect or finding a listing for an "early" nut.
Terry: you show the listing from the 1940-42 Ford parts book. The earlier 1940-41 (March 1941) version has similar information and does not refer to a nut for the "early" steering wheel. Even the massive Ford Major Assembly catalogue, which shows all of the steering gear and charts some of the individual small components, does not have any information to help us. Is it possible that the early steering wheel did not use a "nut" or it was described by another term that we are overlooking in the parts books?