Couple of well known steering systems used in vehicles to steer around with.
THIS LESSON ENCLOSES 4 SECTIONS:
GEAR BOX STEERING SYSTEM
GEAR BOX STEERING SYSTEM - IN SHOP
RACK & PINION STEERING SYSTEM
RACK & PINION STEERING SYSTEM - IN SHOP
GEAR BOX STEERING SYSTEM
Gear Box Steering System are well known in most older vehicles. It is a gear box with worm gears converting steering column rotations to pitman arm's horizontal movements. Image below describes the gear box system more than words can do...
GEARBOX VIDEO NO CC (watch up to 3:30): https://youtu.be/TNWUm2E_-vEGEAR BOX STEERING - IN SHOP:
This video demonstrates steering gear box replacement on 1964-1973 Pontiac GTO.
Gear Box Replacement Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_2AZn_IQrU
RACK & PINION STEERING SYSTEM:
Rack and Pinion Steering System is most popular system used in automotive today. It has a gear at end of steering column and is attached to a linear gear. That is alternate method to convert rotation movements to horizontal movements.
Rack & Pinion Animation Video: https://youtu.be/_L41jg9h-S0 Inside Rack & Pinion Video: https://youtu.be/2LGoRJ4ZR10RACK & PINION STEERING - IN SHOP:
This video demonstrates rack & pinion replacement in 2007-2013 Chevrolet Silverado.
Rack & Pinion Replacement Video: https://youtu.be/TDNbP2g2t0w