| Re: [GMCnet] Lower Steering Shaft Removal [message #344990 is a reply to message #344989] |
Sat, 06 July 2019 18:10   |
Ken Henderson
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Registered: March 2004
Location: Americus, GA
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And be darned sure you use the original size bolt in the upper and lower
clamps, else, substituting a smaller bolt, you may be off 1 spline CW or
CCW, causing misalignment of the steering wheel. Trying to correct that
may lead to mis-adjusting the steering box and consequent poor steering.
Ken H.
On Sat, Jul 6, 2019 at 7:00 PM John R. Lebetski via Gmclist <
gmclist@list.gmcnet.org> wrote:
> 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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