Right you are, it's a coupler. (Well, had dampner in my mind for some
reason....) They are highly interchangeable, and I suppose if one had the
time, you could cut one out of a tire yourself. :-) Not a good way to spend
the day, though.
----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Pivirotto <jimp@SALT.FirstIndustrial.com>
To: 'Jeff Wood' <Cybertec@TheGrid.Net>; David Ebel
<david.ebel@visitalk.com>; Bricklist <bricklin@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 9:07 AM
Subject: RE: Steering Troubles
> You are talking about a steering coupler not a dampner. a dampner is a
shock
> absorber looking device that i don't believe the Brick has. None the less
if
> the coupler is bad get it fixed ASAP. A lot of those couplers are
> interchangeable and available at local parts stores, IE my 65 caddies use
> the same couplers as a number of mid 70's fords and GM products. Pugs
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Wood [mailto:Cybertec@TheGrid.Net]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 9:52 AM
> To: David Ebel; Bricklist
> Subject: Re: Steering Troubles
>
>
> I believe it's called a steering damper. It dampends out the vibrations
the
> steering box sends up thru the column. I had this problem on my Mustang
> after driving it for a year with no power steering.
>
> It may be possible to omit the rubber and bolt the pieces together
directly,
> but the may be too much of an angle involved. If you do that, the wheel
> will feel strange (vibrations, etc) but as long as there if not too much
> flex it'll do.
>
> While I haven't done this on a Brick, the process should be similar to a
> Mustang: Drop the column and bolt the rubber (it's a piece of tire,
> actually) piece onto the column. Remove the other metal piece from the
> stering box, then bolt it to the rubber. Install, lining up the wheels
and
> the steering wheel to get them both straight. Probably take an hour, with
> beer breaks. :-)
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Ebel <david.ebel@visitalk.com>
> To: Bricklin (E-mail) <bricklin@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 10:17 AM
> Subject: Steering Troubles
>
>
> >
> > Okay - got the brick in for repairs and maintenance. I was looking
> > at the car's underside, when I noticed something quite disturbing. At
the
> > point where the steering column meets the gear box, there is a rubber
> joint
> > - that is supposed to decrease vibrations to the steering wheel. Well,
> mine
> > is completely chewed apart, and when the wheel is turned, it does not
make
> > contact with the other side of the column until a couple of metal pieces
> hit
> > up (about a fourth turn). This is pretty bad - and the rubber joint
> thingy
> > will need to be replaced. Has anyone done this? I will be needing to
> know
> > where to get the part, and if there is anything tricky in the
> > installation... (BTW, I was successful in fixing quite a few air
> leaks...)
> >
> >
> > Thanks a ton,
> > Dave
> >
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