[TR] Tr\R4 steering bushes

[Jim Henningsen]

Carl and others:
Thanks for the tips. I will see how I do this weekend.
Jim Henningsen

Sent from my iPad

On Nov 12, 2013, at 10:57 PM, CarlSereda at aol.com wrote:

> Hi Jim,
> You can exacto blade the rubber nubs and hammer with a stick to remove old
> steering column bushes.. I bought four TRF steering column bushes. Razored
> off  the nubs of first new pair and pushed them deeper in the tube (from top
> and  bottom) with the second new pair with their nubs intact. I felt the
> original setup was not the most robust so wanted to double bushes up (4). It
> now  seems very precise. The steel shaft was a little worn too so the
> secondary bushes riding on new metal really snugged things up. When those
start
> to wear, the secondary bushes that are in the original position, will  come
> into play making for much longer lasting setup.
> Good luck,
> Carl
> '63 TR4 since '74
>
>
> List:
>
> What magic do I need to use to remove and refit  new steering column bushes
> for my TR4.  I see that I could drill out  the rubber round tabs that press
> into the column but don't want to mess  this up.  I have the steering
column
> completely out of the car.   The weather has cooled down here in Florida
and
> a great time to work on the  car.
>
> Jim Henningsen
>
> ** triumphs at autox.team.net **
>
> Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html
> Archive: http://www.team.net/archive
> Forums: http://www.team.net/forums
> Unsubscribe/Manage:
http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/trguy75@gmail.com