Larry,
If you are referring to the rubber bushes in the flex coupling, I rebuilt
mine fairly recently and it made a huge difference in the steering. I
bought rubber cone washers from the hardware store (5/8" if I recall
correctly) for faucets. The center is too small and needs to be opened
up. I put the washers in the freezer for about 15 min, and then placed
them in a 13mm socket and drilled with a 1/4" drill. I guess it's been
more than recently as I can't be positive of all the numbers I quoted
here, but it should be obvious if you compare with the old bushings.
Dale O
'78 Spit
'76 TR6
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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 18:52:09 -0700
From: llst <llst@shaw.ca>
Subject: Subject: Spitfire steering column joint bushes
Andy Mace wrote
Has anyone found an acceptable "local" (i.e., quality hardware store)
alternative to the p/n 108977 bushes for the steering column joint? If
not,
I've no problem (well, I hope I'll have no problems) ordering them from a
Triumph spares vendor.
I think I recall someone saying that they used the faucet tap washers
that you
can buy in a package in the plumbing repair section for around $2.
Larry Ternowski
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