Stan,
Thanks for the reply. I suspect I have done what you advise not to do,
which is:
"while you are manhandling this
thing there is a tendency for the upper part to become loose and rotate
and I don't know of any way to fix that"
At this point the next step will be to remove the whole column and work
on it outside the car. Unfortunately, my car does have the sheer
bolts. I guess Triumph was afraid the car might be stolen? I have
read the description in Bentley of how to remove these, which was to
use a small chisel to remove the sheer bolts which sounds like sheer
nonsense since you would have to be doing the work through the tach
opening. Certainly not much room for that. If that doesnt work they
want you to drill the bolts out. Not sure how you are supposed to do
that under the dash. Any brilliant, simple suggestions.
I am hopeful that whatever I have done to this point can be corrected
without too much problem. Thanks for your assistance.
Aaron
Aaron Cropley
71 TR6 (Throttle Body Injection!)
http://www.triumphowners.com/108
Topsham, Maine
-----Original Message-----
From: Foster, Stan <stan.foster@hp.com>
To: acekraut11@aol.com; 6pack@autox.team.net; triumphs@autox.team.net
Sent: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 21:31:14 -0400
Subject: RE: TR6 Steering Column Help
Aaron, I have done this several times and I don't see an easy way to
proceed without taking the steering column out. You can do a partial fix
by cutting the ears off the upper bush and pushing a new bush in from
the top but to do the job right the steering column has to be removed.
The inner column is held captive by the upper and lower bushes. There is
a bump in the middle of the inner column that limits it travel but you
can use to your advantage to drift out the bushes once you have the unit
out of the car.
I advise securing the upper part of the column that holds the switches
to the alu tube of the outer column with several layers of electrical
tape because it is just crimped on and while you are manhandling this
thing there is a tendency for the upper part to become loose and rotate
and I don't know of any way to fix that so it is best to discourage it
from moving.
Removing the ignition switch is no big deal especially if you don't have
the sheared bolts - stupid idea number 27 in the TR6 design. Even with
the sheared bolts it is do-able, just more tedious.
Just make careful note of how things are layered. There are several
layers of brackets and felt and torque bars that need to go back in the
right order.
If your bushes are knackered, this is a great remedy and doesn't cost a
lot.
Stan
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