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Steering Types: Cam and Lever Type

There are several types of steering mechanisms described, including cam and lever, worm and roller gear, and screw and nut gear types. Cam and lever uses a cylindrical cam with variable pitch grooves that meshes with twin levers carrying studs, allowing minimal friction. Worm and roller gear uses a worm gear meshed with two-toothed roller gears on a cross shaft, used in Ford and American cars. Screw and nut gear commonly uses a phosphor-bronze or steel nut screwed onto a multi-start Acme screw thread, with a ball race and nut supporting axial loads and allowing the screw to freely rotate on bearings.

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Steering Types: Cam and Lever Type

There are several types of steering mechanisms described, including cam and lever, worm and roller gear, and screw and nut gear types. Cam and lever uses a cylindrical cam with variable pitch grooves that meshes with twin levers carrying studs, allowing minimal friction. Worm and roller gear uses a worm gear meshed with two-toothed roller gears on a cross shaft, used in Ford and American cars. Screw and nut gear commonly uses a phosphor-bronze or steel nut screwed onto a multi-start Acme screw thread, with a ball race and nut supporting axial loads and allowing the screw to freely rotate on bearings.

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Steering types:

Cam and Lever Type:

 The cam is mounted at the lower end of the steering shaft. It consists of variable pitch worm.
 A twin lever carrying studs meshes in the groove of the cam.
 This arrangement provides minimum of friction when the contact is made between cam and a
small stud.
 When the cam turns, the studs will also move in an arc. The cam is cylindrical in shape.
Worm and Roller Gear:

 Worm and roller gear have two-toothed roller which are fastened to the cross shaft called as
roller shaft or sector shaft.
 The threads of the worm gear are meshed with roller shaft at the end of the steering tube.
 When the worm shaft is turned by the steering tube, the roller will also be moved in an arc for
rotating the roller shaft.
 The bearings are designed to resist both radial and end thrust.
 This system is used in Ford cars and American passenger cars.

Screw and Nut Gear:


Construction

 These types of steering boxes are commonly used.


 Screw and nut gear has a phosphor-bronze of steel nut which is screwed on to a multi-start Acme
thread.
 A single ball race provided at the top end of the rocker shaft carries the axial thrust of the
column.
 At that time, the nut sliding in the housing supports the lower end.
 The screw is made to rotate freely on bearings.

Working
 A shaft connects the screw with the steering wheel.
 Therefore, as the screw is turned by rotating the steering wheel.
 The spindle is mounted on ball bearings. The drop arm is taken by this spindle at its outer end.
 The two arms of the spindle are attached to the nut by bronze pads.
 These pads are placed and made to rotate in the cylindrical recesses provided in the sides of the
nut.
 Also these pads have parallel grooves to receive the arms of the spindle.
 The bronze pads cause the arms of the two armed spindles moving in circular path.

Cam and Peg Type:

 The steering gear has a tapered peg in the rocker arm engaged with a special cam provided on
the inner column.
 The peg is moved along the groove for rotating the rocker shaft by rotating the cam.
 An adjusting screw on the side cover is connected for governing the backlash and end float of
the rocker shaft.
 The rocker arm is rotated with high efficiency cam and peg gear rotates by a peg in the bearings.

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