[Healeys] Steering box shims and adjustment

[Bob Spidell]

I've tried taking the 3/4" or so of slack out of my BJ8's steering with the peg adjustment. If I tighten to where there's little or no slop, the steering is 'highcentered' (for lack of a better term); i.e. the steering is so tight there is resistance to the wheels self-centering. I think any further adjustment has to be done with shims and, right now, it's not worth the trouble. 

I actually think a little bit of slack in the steering--as little as possible, of course--helps keep the car from being too twitchy during straight-line cruising (I think the manual suggests up to an inch of side-to-side play in the steering wheel is acceptable). 

IIRC, I used a deep socket to loosen the lock nut. 


Bob 



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tracy Drummond" <bighealey at charter.net> 
To: "Alan Seigrist" <healey.nut at gmail.com> 
Cc: "Healey" <healeys at autox.team.net> 
Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 8:38:11 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific 
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Steering box shims and adjustment 

I am going to give that adjuster a turn. I am having a heck of a time 
getting any tool on the stop nut to loosen it.