| Re: Lower Steering Shaft Removal [message #345001 is a reply to message #344914] |
Sun, 07 July 2019 00:12   |
Bill Van Vlack
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Registered: September 2015
Location: Guemes Island, Washington
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Shane,
I did that to mine last winter and like it. It just seems smoother. I have a story about that swap....
This spring I had some work done on the coach, including replacing the steering box, and when driving home the steering just didn't seem right - too much play. Expected more of an improvement with a new box. I didn't have time to check it out before our next rally and suffered with it until we got there, where I wiggled things around and finally figured out that the spring between the D shafts was missing.
This was a small(ish) town and I thought maybe a hot rod shop would have some Borgeson parts. I called a couple and was referred to a shop that I then phoned. The owner said he didn't have any Borgeson parts but remembered that they'd used Ford brake springs in a pinch and to come over and he'd look at it. I did, and he took it apart and went looking for a spring. Found one, snipped the attachment ends off, slipped it into the Double D shaft, put the lower coupling on and tightened the set screw and away we went. Took 15 minutes, he wouldn't let me pay him, and the coach steered great all the way home. I phoned Borgeson when I got home and they sent me one, no charge. I'll put it in 'sometime' but that Ford spring is working just fine.
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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