[Healeys] Steering Box Rebuild

[Per Schoerner]

Hi
Anyone experiencing severe sticking in the box woudh find it pretty obvoius what to replace upon dismantling.
It’a not a coffee brake job, unless you know what to do.

Best , Per

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> 12 maj 2018 kl. 19:00 skrev Ron Fine <ronfineesq at earthlink.net>:
> 
> The steering box on my BN7 has developed a major problem.  I am anticipating having to pull it and replace the two ball bearings but I was wondering if anyone else has experienced a similar problem.  I noticed that the steering wheel seemed to be sticking in multiple spots in the rotation while driving.  Once I got the car up on jacks with the weight off the front tires it became obvious that the wheel is sticking or tight every 3-5 degrees of rotation from full right to left.  The only thing I can think of that might be causing that would be a broken ball bearing although I am not sure why that would happen other than old age.  The box does have a full load of grease and has worked fine for the 13  years since my restoration was completed. 
>  
> Has anyone else had to rebuild a steering box due to such a failure?  Is there anyway to anticipate the number or size of shims I should have on hand to complete a rebuild?
>  
> Thanks,
>  
> Ron Fine
> 61BN7
> 
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