Steering box

Disassembled the steering box and found a bit of a mess. Box type is called a recirculating ball, worm and nut. The nut is sitting atop the worm gear and is in fairly good shape. The balls in the race on the column side are just visable. Typical in that there is very little oil and a half inch of sludge on the bottom. The balls on the opposite side were essentially flattened. Notice in the last shot the flattened balls and the bottom shim plate that was damaged as a result. I will need to replace the races and the balls, gaskets and seals. The worm gear should be polished as well. There are tracks of the recirculating balls on the worm that need to go away. The third shot is of the fork shaft that rides with the nut and is attached to the drop arm. Its in good shape.