THE COMPLETE OFFICIAL 1275cc SPRITE/MIDGET 1967-1974 manual published by Robert
Bentley describes the alignment procedure on pages 170 through 175 for the
various 67 through 74 cars.
>From my reading of these sections it appears that some cars have shims on the
>right side and some on the left. Cars before GAN5-114487 had shims on the
>right, after that they were on the left. The cars with energy absorbing
>steering columns appear a bit more fussy on alignment because the steering
>column is mounted more rigidly.
I haven't done these procedures on my cars yet, so I have no first hand
experience with them. I believe that from the procedures described in the book
you mount the steering gear loosely, determine where it has to be so everything
lines up as you turn the steering wheel, measure the thickness of the shims
needed and then install the shims and bolt the steering gear down.
Hope this helps,
Bert.
-----Original Message-----
From: Larry and Sandi Miller [SMTP:millerls@email.msn.com]
Sent: Friday, March 06, 1998 10:40 AM
To: Daryl May; Phil Profili; TBOLIN@scana.com
Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: steering rack mount
I sure would like to hear from some more members on this subject. There must
be someone that has at least attempted to align the steering rack on one of
our cars. I can't find much info on this subject in the places that I have
looked. I also have a car with only one spacer (the other has one on each
side) and I did not make a note as to which side it was on when I removed it
months ago. I assume the rack should be placed so that the tie rods are
stright between the rack and the steering arms on the axles but don't really
know. I might add that I have not yet tried to install to rack on this car
but am getting close to doing so. I will post a note on anything that I
discover in the process.
Larry Miller
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