| Re: Lower Steering Shaft Removal [message #344989 is a reply to message #344914] |
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JohnL455
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Registered: October 2006
Location: Woodstock, IL
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That lower column bearing (the one held in with that horseshoe type wire keeper) has a touch of slop even new. Same as used in GM vehicles of the era. Saddly it is not sealed. I clean and repack when I have that section apart. Yes the pinch bolt needs to line up with the relief. That is then the correct depth on the splines. The ones we observed as wrong were about 1/2" or so shy of being installed far enough. Felt they could fall of driving. That meant the pinch bolt was over the splines near the tip and not centered over the relief. I would try a different bearing. I think the Corvette one with tilt is the same. Should be available at any of the big Corvette vendors.
John Lebetski
Woodstock, IL
77 Eleganza II
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