Hi all,
After 2 years of owning and staring at my truck I finally got the help I needed to change my Sheppard steering gear in my 1165.
I read a thread in here not too long ago about the nightmare that was this gear. This thing is a monster. I don’t wish a bad gear on anyone![Face with tears of joy :joy: đŸ˜‚](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/joypixels/emoji-assets@5.0/png/64/1f602.png)
I still have some work to do, so I cannot do a complete test…. But I was curious if those of you who know enough about these things can tell me if you’re supposed to be able to turn the pitman arm by hand?
I can on my old one, but cannot on my new one. Hoping this is good news.
Curious to hear your thoughts. Here’s a vid of the old one.
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After 2 years of owning and staring at my truck I finally got the help I needed to change my Sheppard steering gear in my 1165.
I read a thread in here not too long ago about the nightmare that was this gear. This thing is a monster. I don’t wish a bad gear on anyone
![Face with tears of joy :joy: đŸ˜‚](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/joypixels/emoji-assets@5.0/png/64/1f602.png)
I still have some work to do, so I cannot do a complete test…. But I was curious if those of you who know enough about these things can tell me if you’re supposed to be able to turn the pitman arm by hand?
I can on my old one, but cannot on my new one. Hoping this is good news.
Curious to hear your thoughts. Here’s a vid of the old one.
![youtube.com](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/40O1CbgJAbA/oar2.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEkCJUDENAFSFqQAgHyq4qpAxMIARUAAAAAJQAAyEI9AICiQ3gB&rs=AOn4CLDhjpsuwyuJqkblp3uZae1Krh9LVA)