<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Hi<div>Anyone experiencing severe sticking in the box woudh find it pretty obvoius what to replace upon dismantling.</div><div>It’a not a coffee brake job, unless you know what to do.</div><div><br></div><div>Best , Per</div><div><br>Skickat från min iPhone<br><div><br>12 maj 2018 kl. 19:00 skrev Ron Fine <<a href="mailto:ronfineesq@earthlink.net">ronfineesq@earthlink.net</a>>:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<div>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
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<div>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?</div>
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<div>Thanks,</div>
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<div>Ron Fine</div>
<div>61BN7</div></div></div></div>
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