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Old 09-22-2016, 05:32 PM
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I've always wondered, but have not a chance to research, does anybody know what pitch means? i.e. 9mm pitch and 10.5mm pitch. I found in the FSM the pitch of the first gen and 2nd Gen Boxes are 10.5.
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What I gathered is pitch in a steering box is just like a screw pitch. So in a recirculating ball steering box, the pitch of 9mm or 10.5mm is how much the ball travels around from one crest of the thread to the other. My assumption is the 9mm pitch would be faster steering.

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FWIW, on my workbench, the arm rotates about 75 degrees from stop to stop.
Good info. I put everything back in storage, I'll need to check the boxes next time.


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