Dick,
The steering wheel hub should be polorized to the shaft. On adjustable
steering wheels the traficator should be oriented to a slot in the stator tube.
The stator tube can be reoriented by loosening the little nut at the bottom of
the steering box where the wiring comes out and then turning the stator tube to
orient it to the steering wheel. That said if you go to the tie rod ends and
screw one tie rod in one turn , screw the other tie rod out one turn to
maintain proper alignment. In other words screw one tie rod in the same amount
that the other tie rod end is screw out. OK, another way would be to remove
the hub and rotate it one or two splines if the hub is not polorized to shaft.
On the grease use plain household oven cleaner, spray on and let soak for a
while and wash off with water. The oven cleaner can be bought cheaply at
Dollar stores.
Jerry
BN 2
RAHosmer@aol.com wrote:
First question:
I've been through the shop manual, but am unclear on the sequence of how to
achieve a properly centered steering wheel, and "trafficator" (I know that
isn't correct, but everyone knows what it means). The car is a 62 Tricarb.
Alignment has not been professionally done in years, but, the car tracks well,
doesn't vibrate, etc. I have the adjustable column with a Derrington wheel on a
specially machined hub. The wheel is "off" by about twenty degrees (in other
words
about half of what I could easily get by rotating it to the next bolt (nine =
40 degrees each). The trafficator is off, in the same direction, by about
twice as much. At one time, everything was in proper alignment. What is likely
to
have shifted? Certainly an alignment check IS in the cards, but what does one
do first?
Second question:
The engine compartment and underside have MANY MANY years of grease and dirt.
While the engine runs fine (smooth, plenty of power, doesn't burn oil) and a
rebuild is not imminent, I do want to be able to "tinker", and perform
maintenance, without turning completely black. What is considered state of the
art
for cleanup, that will NOT be destructive to the old wiring, heater trunking,
etc. I'm thinking more of the sovent/brush/rag approach, rather than steam
cleaning, for example. The car is VERY original, and I want to keep it that
way.
For example, my ORIGINAL fuel pump works just fine (or did until I wrote this -
better go check).
Thanks in advance!!
Dick Hosmer
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