Kevin,
Roof gets my vote. I know when I put a headliner in my Bugeye
hardtop, it made a HUGE difference. It will also be a lot easier to
install than in the doors.
Why not put a thin rubber strip under the column bracket? I don't
know how much it will help, but also easy to try. OSH sells lots of
different thickness sheets and compositions.
Gerard
At 11:17 AM -0700 8/11/03, Kevin Wayne Williams wrote:
>In Northern California, they use a fairly coarse pebbled asphalt
>that just doesn't seem to get along with a Minor. When I go over
>60MPH on that surface, the noise in the truck cab is intolerable. On
>concrete, it's fine.
>I have tried using Dynamat (the sound-proofing sheets that stereo
>shops sell), and have coated the floor, interior firewall, the metal
>under the scuttles, the underside of the bonnet, and the flat
>undersurface of the dash. The dash undersurface did quite a bit, but
>not enough. It is apparent that the road surface is making the
>wheels vibrate, which couples through the steering box and column
>into the dash.
>First question:
>Has anyone ever encountered this before, and what did you do?
>Second:
>Has anyone ever seen a steering column drop or column drop for a
>Minor that include a rubber vibration damper?
>Three:
>I have enough Dynamat left to do the doors or the roof, but not
>both. Any guesses as to what will do the most good?
>
>KWW
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