You will need to replace the end plate. I haven't checked the clearances,
but I think it can probably be done in-situ. There are shims, and a bearing
race that may tend to wander. You need to make sure they all end up back in
place.
Good luck.
Bill Lawrence
>From: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
>Reply-To: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
>To: <healeys@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Stripped Steering box fitting
>Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 16:45:49 -0500
>
>Folks,
>
>The threads on the steering box cover end are stripped on my BT7. (This,
>the
>end plate on the steering box with the threaded fitting that the stator
>tube
>feeds through, that accepts the brass olive, and locks the steering stator
>tube down).
>
>-I have already tried a new brass nut, -and the threads that are worn ARE
>the
>ones on the steering box cover end.
>
>Has anyone got a means to address this without replacing the steering box
>cover end?
>
>Barring that, --Does anyone know if the steering box cover end can be
>replaced
>without removing the steering column from the car? -Or if it would be
>worth
>trying to do it "in situ" ?
>
>David W. Jones
>'62 Mk II BT7 tricarb
>Cumberland, RI USA
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