[Fot] Play in steering column

[jim hearn]

Somehow my email read incorrectly on the amount of play in my steering
column and it ended up looking like about an inch of play.  I put some
fractions in but they didn't stay that way in the email.  The movement
was about .090 of an inch but still it was bothersome especially if it
was in the steering box.  I appreciate all the posts on this and Jack it
did happen to be what you had experienced.  It was the pinch on the
spline down by the steering box.  Nice to have an easy fix.  Thanks
again guys.

Jim Hearn
Sacramento
Two '74 TR6s

-----Original Message-----
From: Coffey, Jack [mailto:CoffeyJack at bfusa.com] 
Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 6:22 AM
To: jim hearn
Subject: RE: [Fot] Play in steering column

Hi Jim... I have experienced similar problems with my TR250....check the
pinch-bolts that hold the steering shaft splines in the lower universal
joint (just north of the steering rack).  It is also possible to do some
adjustment at the upper end of the steering shaft and check the under
dash steering shaft brackets .... there is a felt packing material in
these brackets which deteriorates and allows 'slop' to develop.

All of these operations are detailed in the TR6 repair operations manual

Jack Coffey
ph:615-937-1535
coffeyjack at bfusa.com

-----Original Message-----
From: fot-bounces+coffeyjack=bfusa.com at autox.team.net
[mailto:fot-bounces+coffeyjack=bfusa.com at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
jim hearn
Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 1:04 AM
To: fot at autox.team.net
Subject: [Fot] Play in steering column

One of my TR6s was used to SCCA club race in the eighties and nineties.
>From all that pulling on the steering wheel, it has developed about <
to =
inch of in and out play (felt as movement at the steering wheel) where
the
column goes into the steering box.  Not having been into the rack and
pinion
I'm not sure what is happening so I don't know if it is fixable, needs
to be
replaced, or if it can go quite a while before being replaced.  The car
is
not on the street; I only autocross and race it.

Thanks, Jim
Two '74 TR6s

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