Hi Brad,
That is an excellent point about the dissimilar metals and a separation
material. By the appearance, it was thin in thickness and a yellowish-brown
in color. It almost reminds me of the differential-to-rear axle housing
gasket when you pull apart a rearend that has not been messed with. Same
deneral thickness and appearance.
I am trying to think if it was placed only where the aluminum and steel
meet.
MC
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brad Fornal" <tequila.brad@gmail.com>
To: "MICHAEL CARPENTER" <MAIL4CARPENTERS@peoplepc.com>
Cc: "Phil Nase" <nase@ptd.net>; "Spridgets List" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 11:18 AM
Subject: Re: Steering rack bracket
> Is this paper on the top, side, or both contact faces? Perhaps it was
> to slow down the corrosion that is common when you put dissimilar
> metals together. Thus, the wax impreg to keep them more effectively
> apart.
>
> On 1/14/07, MICHAEL CARPENTER <MAIL4CARPENTERS@peoplepc.com> wrote:
>> I have taken apart about 10 Bugeyes and an even greater number of
>> side-curtain Spridgets. Yes, there is a paper like gasket under the
>> steering rack brackets on Spridgets that are original. It almost seems
>> like
>> a wax impreg paper.
>>
>> MC
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Brad Fornal" <tequila.brad@gmail.com>
>> To: "Phil Nase" <nase@ptd.net>
>> Cc: "Spridgets List" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>> Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 9:43 AM
>> Subject: Re: Steering rack bracket
>>
>>
>> > The only spacer I have ever seen, on ALL Spridgets, including the 60
>> > Bugeye that has a slight start to RHD status, was the metal spacer
>> > about 1/4" thick. This cants the rack enough to accommodate the fact
>> > that the column does not go straight into it from the instrument
>> > panel.
>> >
>> > On 1/14/07, Phil Nase <nase@ptd.net> wrote:
>> >> I thought when I took the steering rack off the BE there were paper
>> >> gaskets
>> >> between the steering rack brackets and the chassis. I don't see a
>> >> reference
>> >> to them in any book.
>> >>
>> >> Do they just bolt up to the frame w/o any material in there?
>> >>
>> >> Phil Nase
>> >> Quakertown, PA
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