Anyone know how to adjust the steering worm onto the gear that's inside the steering box?

To adjust worm & roller steering gear, loosen the locknut, then finger-tight the screw.




1. Turn wheels straight ahead. It is important to adjust the lash when the gearbox is centered. Otherwise it will be too tight in one direction
2. Loosen locknut (14mm), turn counter-clockwise as usual
3. Tighten adjusting screw with a flat-bladed screwdriver, just finger tight. Do not apply any real torque
4. Tighten locknut, while holding screwdriver from turning. You don't want the lock nut to turn the adjuster

If you tighten it too much, the steering will get heavy at the center point and will accelerate wear of the box

Tried theatre lol the guy who had my Ute before me messed with the worm placement so it would steer to the left all the way but only a quarter of the way to the right

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Theatre?

Not sure what could cause those symptoms

Meant to write "that" instead of theatre lol when I opened the steering box only two of the teeth on the gear were in contact with the worm. Been trying to adjust it for three days now lol can't seem to get it to where it needs to be ahaha :/

Yeah an adjustment won't fix that.

Disassembly and reassembly is kind of complicated. What I'd do is go to the wreckers and buy a good box.

If you want to tackle reassembly, the factory service manual has several pages on it.