power steering box adjustment

how to reduce play in power steering box?

Buy one that has been rebuilt.. Unless you like cleaning out ditches.

Google "Steering box adjustment". You can tighten the preload on the worm gear and it will help. I've done it on manual boxes. There's a lock nut holding down either an allen screw or slot screw on top of the steering box. Mark the orientation of the screw as it can turn when you loosen the lock nut. After loosening the lock nut, turn the screw clockwise about 1/8 but not more than 1/4 turn. Tighten the lock screw and test drive it. The steering should center itself when you slowly drive out of a turn. If it doesn't re-center itself or if the steering wheel is tight, jumps or grinds, you've over tightened the adjustment. You can repeat this until the play is acceptable. If you can't get the adjustment to a satisfactory level of play, take it back to the original position, and buy a rebuilt box, as BeepBeep recommends.

Mine has a fair bit of in and out play on the input shaft. Low mile box, under 60 K on it. I heard something about loosening the big spanner lock nut and tightening the aluminum part that the seal is set in. What's the short version of that procedure, and do the sector play and valve position have to be readjusted if you screw with the input adjustment?

thanks I will try adjusting the allen screw 1/8 turn at a time.

Have 69 Bird 94000 miles adj mine took all the play out. Before it looked as if I was following a snake