Tom Tweed wrote:
> Hello Ken S. and anyone else who's curious,
> You were asking about the 2 studs that mount in the metal dash, to
> hold your steering column. I was out to Dad's barn this morning,
> looked at the parts car ('75 TR-6, CF37749U built April) and
> here's what I found:
Tom, thanks for taking a look at the studs for me. The
one thing that I wasn't sure of was how they were connected
to the dash.
My problem isn't that the studs are loose (they are both
in there quite securely), but, rather, that one of the studs
has been shorn off, flush with the back of the clamp, and
the other is stripped (a nut is on the stud, but won't tighten,
or loosen -- it has that 'stripped threads' feel.)
Accordingly, on my car, the clamp that you mention is just
kind of sitting there, on the studs (one stripped, and one
shorn off) loosely held by the stripped nut. Also, the top
clamping piece is properly attached to the bottom piece.
However, the top piece doesn't connect to anything other than
the bottom piece on late TR6s, but the bolt holes in it are
a vestige of the early TR6 column mounting scheme.)
In any case, in my car, the clamp is properly attached to
the steering column, but isn't attached firmly to the dash,
thus letting it wobble, particularly up or down.
I am clearly going to have to remove the wood dash in order
to fix this one, but it will give me an excuse to fix the
one torn crash pad while I'm at it.
I take it that you don't think the studs can be easily
removed from your parts car (as I will need to replace
both of mine.) If not, it looks like I'll either have to
replace the whole metal fascia (severe overkill), or simply
break out the old studs from my dash, and become a DPO who
bodges in some non-standard stud, if I can find one --
my jam nut experience (see earlier mail today) is still
altogether too fresh in my mind...
--ken
'74 TR6 Daily Driver, once we get a good rain to wash this
salt off the roads...
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