[Healeys] Steering alignment

[David Nock]

trying to get the tight spot in the straight ahead position is not  
going to happen. For some reason the tight spot is just to the left  
of straight ahead on all Healey's.



David Nock
British Car Specialists
Stockton Ca 95205
209-948-8767

www.britishcarspecialists.com
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On Jun 2, 2010, at 1:04 PM, warthodson at aol.com wrote:

> Assuming for the moment that the front suspension components are  
> all in good
> condition, meaning the king pin bushings, wheel bearing shimming/ 
> adjustment,
> tie rod ends & steering worm & peg are all in very good condition,  
> then there
> are two adjustments (that I can think of) that can affect "free  
> play" at the
> steering wheel. They are shimming of the bearings that support the  
> worm gear &
> adjusting of the peg in the worm.
>
>
>
> The location of the tight spot is NOT adjustable without altering  
> the toe-in
> (unless you have modified the stock steering system). I.E. These  
> two are
> directly related.
> This means that there is only ONE toe-in setting that will result  
> in the tight
> spot being located exactly at the straight ahead position.
>
> Once the toe-in is set, the only way to adjust orientation of the  
> steering
> wheel is to reposition it on the splines on the steering column.  
> Doing this
> will of course NOT affect the location of the tight spot relative  
> to the
> straight ahead position of the steering column.
>
> Gary Hodson
>
>
> The location of the tight spot is NOT adjustable without altering  
> the toe-in
> (unless you have modified the stock steering system). I.E. These  
> two are
> directly related.
> This means that there is only ONE toe-in setting that will result  
> in the tight
> spot being located exactly at the straight ahead position.
>
> Once the toe-in is set, the only way to adjust orientation of the  
> steering
> wheel is to reposition it on the splines on the steering column.  
> Doing this
> will of course NOT affect the location of the tight spot relative  
> to the
> straight ahead position of the steering column.
>
> Gary Hodson
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