[Healeys] Help! (Steering Box)
Bob Spidell
bspidell at comcast.net
Wed Dec 28 15:22:26 MST 2016
Listers,
Looks like I've goofed somehow. I was finishing installing my new
Lempert steering wheel on my BN2 and had a problem getting the stator
tube back down through the steering box (I think it was catching at the
'stud' on the end plate that the olive gets bolted-up to). Anyway,
after no success finagling the tube through the hole I made the idiotic
move of pulling the end plate off the steering box. I've done this
before to apply some sealant to the plate and shims to stop leaking, but
this time the lower bearings and their race fell out. No amount of
sworking can get the bearings and race back into the box far enough that
the plate can be pulled fully down, even with a 1/32" or so of shim
packing; if I pull the bolts down the steering locks up. I've studied
the shop (Moss) diagram, and there are matching bearings and race at the
upper and lower ends of the box; thinking the upper might have slipped
out of place I pulled the top cover off the box, but I don't see
anything loose or out of place. No matter how carefully I try to pull
the bolts down on the end plate I'm having no luck getting the lower
bearing and race into the box. Anybody have any ideas? Been stuck in
this predicament before? I've tried moving the wheel from lock-to-lock
and centered and everywhere in between, but it seems as if the steering
shaft has moved down a 1/16" or more, making it impossible to get the
bearing and cup back in sufficiently far. Oh, and I did all the
tightening and adjusting of the steering wheel before I pulled the cover
off the box so I don't think the installation of the wheel had anything
to do with this.
Who can bail me out of this predicament? If I don't get this resolved,
my beautiful new steering wheel will be a static display only :(
Bob
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