Gear Identification Session 2 | BAB Steering Hydraulics

You find a tag on a steering gear box. The number on the tag starts with 503. This number is:*

Just a casting number
The actual part number
A casting number identifying the model of the gear
None of the above

A steering gear has a case number that starts with 503 or 504, this number is:*

Just a casting number
The actual part number
A casting number identifying the model of the gear
None of the above

A manual steering gear does not have a tag or a case number on it. To identify such a gear it is imperative to identify:*

The sector shaft
The input shaft
The year, make and model of vehicle
All the above

A steering gear with a 7 digit number beginning with a 2, 5, or 7 stamped into the housing identifies the gear as a:*

Ross power gear
Sheppard power gear
Saginaw power gear
Bendix gear
None of the above

Steering gears with a 7 digit number beginning with 2, 5, or 7 cast into the housing using 4 power lines and an assist cylinder is a:*

Twin cylinder metric gear
Semi-integral gear
Integral gear
HPS gear
None of the above

In some cases, to properly identify a Saginaw gear it will be necessary to provide a letter/number code combination ie; LL5, D9 which is found stamped:*

On the end of the sector shaft
On the end of the input shaft
On the case
All the above
None of the above

THP45 or THP60 on a gear box identify it as a:*

Ross gear
Sheppard gear
Bendix gear
Saginaw gear
None of the above

Where is the stamped stencil (part number) located on the TAS and THP gear?*

On the end of the sector shaft
On the end of the input shaft
On the end of case
All the above
None of the above

A Sheppard power steering gear with a part number of M100PJD3 has auto adjusting (plungers) or poppet valves?*

True
False

Sheppard steering gears with “Auto Plungers” have M100Auto cast into the body of the steering housing?*

True
False

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