| Re: Lower Steering Shaft Removal [message #344945 is a reply to message #344941] |
Fri, 05 July 2019 20:01   |
Bill Van Vlack
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Registered: September 2015
Location: Guemes Island, Washington
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John,
When you say 'fully homed', I assume you mean that the coupling is slid on enough that the bolt fits easily through the coupling and recess in the shaft. Rather than 'all the way up and touching the upper (main) steering column bearing.
That bearing, by the way, is a tapered cone bearing and the cone is loose enough that it can fall by gravity and allow the main column spline to wiggle. My new one wiggles worse than the old one. When my good mechanic and GMC owner buddy saw that, he suggested some sort of narrow set screw collar with a bellville washer to hold the cone up.
Bill Van Vlack
'76 Royale; Guemes Island, Washington; Twin bed, full (DS) side bath, Brazilian Redwood counter and settee tops,455, 6KW generator; new owner a/o mid November 2015.
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