Hey Guys,
Sorry to show my ignorance, but how can you tell when you need to replace a
steering box or fix it at all? ... And how and where do you lubricate it?
I've looked at it on mine ('71 Plus 8) and have no idea -
Thanks!
Tony
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> The pin is very hard and I doubt that any k ind of a "wallop" that you can
> give it would havea any benificial effect. New pegs are available and it is
> possible to press out the old peg and press in a new one. The worms also
> wear over time and so do the sector shafts and the bush for it in the body
> of the sterring box. We sometimes have to bjore out the body of the box and
> istall a 2'nd bushing where the sector shaft originally ran directly on the
> cast body of the box. This is quite usual when the box has been run low on
> oil for any length of time.
> Regards,
> Greg Solow
>
> The Engine Room
>
> Santa Cruz, Ca. --- Original Message -----
> From: <TrmpetDave@aol.com>
> To: <ecummins@bellsouth.net>; <morgans@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, October 23, 1999 10:01 PM
> Subject: Re: Early +4 Steering box
>
>
>>
>> In a message dated 10/23/99 8:09:15 AM, ecummins@bellsouth.net writes:
>>
>> <<I need some expert opinions on the early +4 seering box , 1959
> specifically.
>>
>> I am contemplating rebuilding all or part of it.
>> >>
>>
>> I read somewhere, years ago, possible in Miscellany, that when the
> steering
>> becomes loose, taking out the peg, and giving it an almighty wallop on its
>> point with a large hammer would correct the situation, by widening the
> peg.
>> Has any one else heard of this, or tried it? When the steering on my '71
> +8
>> loosened, I got a Gemma box, which works ok, except that it needs a
> hydraulic
>> steering stabilizer to deaden the shimmy-I use one designed for a VW van.
> I
>> still have the original box, however and one of these days may try the
> hammer
>> trick. Dave Collins, San Diego
>>
>
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