Stock steering rubbers, precompressed, working fine on mine (no
slop). I'm all original, with no performance upgrades.
Mike L
60A,67E,59Bug,74TR6
----- Original Message -----
From: Dwayne Cooper <dcooper@paciolan.com>
To: <6pack@autox.team.net>
Sent: October 23, 2002 11:48 AM
Subject: RE: steering rack mounts
> Team:
>
> Is there an advantage to going with the solid mounts offered by
Goodparts and others? Or can you remove all slop by replacing the
rubber and using "The Trick"?
>
> Dwayne
> '74
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lumia, John [mailto:jlumia@ball.com]
> Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 8:33 AM
> To: 'wphilipson@bigfoot.com'; '6pack@autox.team.net'
> Subject: Re: steering rack mounts
>
>
> Walt, you either need the special tool that spreads the mounting
> brackets apart, or make something that looks like it. A picture
of it
> is in the back of the bentley manual. I kluged up something
similar, but
> there was also a post some time ago that I've reprinted here for
a way
> of doing it without the tool, sorry dont recall who wrote it.
>
> >I wouldn't bother disconnecting the lower steering u-joint when
you
> replace the steering rack bushings. I would suggest that you set
the
> steering to straight ahead and then loosen both clamps. Don't
remove
> them both... then remove one of the clamp thingies and yank off
the
> bushing. Install the new bushing and then install the clamp,
loosly.
> Then to the other side.
>
> >
> >Now here's the "trick". Cock the steering wheel to full lock
left. Go
> to the right-side clamp and tighthen it. Note: there's a plate
that you
> access from the bottom of the rack - you can pry on this while
you
> tighten the nuts to get the rack clamp "tighter". Once you get
the right
> side clamp tight, turn the wheels to full lock right and tighten
the
> left site. It's pretty easy.
>
>
> John - 1976 TR6
>
> Walt wrote:>
> The po of my TR6 had the rack mount rubber mounts replaced with
stock
> mounts. There still seems to be a lot of play in the rack. (1/4"
?) Is
> there
> a way to tighten the mounts without replacing them with
urethane?
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