CONTROL VALVE REBUILD |
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Deep In The Heart of Texas |
Ford/Bendix style Control Valve Assembly |
• Unit is disassembled, cleaned, blasted, inspected and painted • Spool Valve is resurfaced (if needed) and polished • Ball Stud Sleeve (or centerlink) is straightened • All bolt hole and port fitting threads are tapped and cleaned |
• All seals, gaskets, rubber cushions and o'rings • Ball Stud & Ball Stud Seats • Ball Stud Bronze Bushing • Ball Stud Bumper & Bumper Spring • Ball Stud Boot & Retaining Clamp • Hose Flare Seats |
Items ALWAYS replaced include: |
Items replaced if needed include: |
• Spool Valve Centering Spring • Ball Stud Sleeve (if standard tapered end style) • Numerous small parts (washers, bolts, plugs, springs, spacers) • Grease Fitting Nipple |
Rebuilt Control Valve Assemblies are already lubricated and adjusted and should not
require any additional work other than installation. Standard rebuild includes painting parts a combination of Stainless Steel, dark Cast Iron, Alumi-Blast and Silver Metallic colors. If requested, control valve can be brushed to a more natural metal finish and clear-coated for a more "concours" appearance. |
PLEASE NOTE ! |
Some people rebuilding Mustang and Early Ford control valves (even some national
parts rebuilders) re-use the Ball Stud, Ball Stud Seats, Ball Stud Bumper & Bumper
Spring or Ball Stud Bushing if possible to cut costs. Some will turn down the
old Ball Stud Bushing on a lathe to make it fit an out-of-round Ball Stud Sleeve
rather than repair or replace the sleeve. |
Some rebuilders of Mustang and early Ford control valves will re-use the Ball Stud,
Ball Stud Seats, Ball Stud Bumper & Bumper Spring and Ball Stud Bushing to cut
costs. We ALWAYS replace these items with NEW parts. |
A national steering parts rebuilder will even turn down the old Ball Stud Bushing
on a lathe to get it to fit into an out-of-round ball stud sleeve. This removes
the bronze bearing material coating and exposes the steel liner. We ALWAYS replace
the ball stud bushing with a NEW piece and repair the ball stud sleeve so
the bushing slides smoothly inside. |
These pictures illustrate the difference between a new bushing and one that has been
turned down to fit. As you can see, the bronze bearing surface has been removed
in many areas and the gray steel backing exposed. See how shallow the lubrication
dimples are on the turned bushing due to the reduction in diameter. |
EXTRA SERVICES AVAILABLE |
* * * Not included in standard rebuild * * * |
The Spool Valve is subject to special abuse and is often damaged and in need of repair.
Often the seal surface of the spool valve is scored with "stretch marks"
from sliding against a hardened or contaminated seal surface. Moisture can get
inside the areas on either end of the spool and reached the exposed ends of the
valve where it goes through the seals. This causes rust pitting which quickly
damages the seals. |
Every spool valve is carefully polished to remove light pitting and score marks.
Those valves which are too deeply pitted for polishing are re-ground to a new surface
before polishing. This is done as a standard part of a rebuild at no extra charge. Spools that are too deeply pitted to turn and remain within acceptable tolerances
must be replaced. |
Old valve with pitting on seal surfaces |
Same valve after re-grinding & polishing |
Sometimes certain parts of a Control Valve are damaged beyond rebuilding due to extreme
wear, corrosion or improper installation or removal. We try to replace any
damaged item as part of our standard rebuild, but some items are too rare or
expensive to replace without incurring an extra charge. These are some of the
items that may need replacing during a rebuild that has an extra charge. All items
are reconditioned used pieces unless otherwise noted. |
Control Valve Housing (with 1/4" pressure port) .................................. Control Valve Housing (with 5/16" pressure port) ................................ Centerlink - 1965/1966 V8 ................................................................ Spool Valve (New Reproduction) ....................................................... Aluminum End Cap (New Reproduction) ............................................ Ball Stud Sleeve - 1965/1966 Mustang 6-cylinder (New Repro) ......... Hose Fitting Adapter - Pressure Hose Port ......................................... |
$ 00.00 $ 00.00 $ 195.00 $ 35.00 $ 19.95 $ 00.00 $ 5.00 |
Install Heli-Coil in housing bolt holes (each hole) .................................. |
$ 5.00 |
