Odd as it sounds, you might check to see if one of the brak dust plates
(covers) has become bent.
TVOE
Larry Dickstein
bugide@juno.com
On Wed, 4 Jun 1997 16:16:10 -0400 (EDT) Couchmen@aol.com writes:
>In a message dated 97-06-04 10:22:20 EDT, you write:
>
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> Once again I come looking for the wisdom of the list. My Midget has
> just begun to make some unusual sounds from the steering column.
> When I turn the wheel in either direction, I hear the distinct sounds
>
> of "flat friction." It's not grinding, its not squeaking - like to
> pieces of rough plastic sliding against one another. The sound
> oscillates as the wheel goes 'round.
>
> It just struck me that I've only ever heard the sound after a good
> rainstorm. God knows we've had a few of those in Vancouver the last
> couple of weeks. Might just be that the roof is overhead so I get
> less ambient noise.....I dunno!
> >>
>Chris,
>
>I had a similar problem on a 72 midget after about 80k miles. It
>happened a
>long time ago, so the memory is a bit dim. As I remember, there is an
>electrical contact at the top of the steering column, I guess for the
>horn.
> There is a narrow rectangle of metal pressing an electrical contact
>onto a
>disc of metal that rotates when you steer (sorry I don't know the
>technical
>terms). The electrical contact wore away leaving the metal rectangle
>to make
>contact. Sometimes it squeaked and sometimes it didn't. If that's
>the
>problem, you just need a new contact.
>
>- Roy
>
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