[TR] Should I have known this?

[dorpaul]

I discovered the reason that my stator tube would not go thru the steering's
inner column.  It only did so when I removed the steering box's end plate
(with the four bolts).  The end plate catches on those anti-rattle rotating
slits.  Should I have known this?  I don't recall this being in the workshop
manual.
    However, there was a slight coat of rust already on the gaskets and
bearings.  I know much corrosion is a definite deterrent to things working
properly.  I don't see how a slight rust powder would gum up things, or prove
contagious, if I shut everything up and filled it immediatly with 90 weight
oil.  Does anyone agree with me?

Thanks, Paul Dorsey 60 TR3A

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