[TR] Tr3a split steering shaft bushing

[Art McEwen]

It's rubber bonded to thin gauge metal with some sort plastic split ring inner liner.  I'm worried squeezing it will deform the inner 2 layers.  I'm wondering if freezing them will shrink them?

> On Apr 27, 2020, at 6:49 PM, Randall <TR3driver at ca.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> It's been awhile (they are only used in split column cars), but as I recall,
> I squeezed just the ears with water pump pliers (similar to channel lock
> pliers).  Had to start at the very edge and force just a bit into the
> column, then take another "bite" and do it again.  Once the buttons were
> roughly halfway into the column, I used a piece of pipe (or similar) to
> drive them the rest of the way into position.
> 
> Not sure if they count as "improved" or not.  ISTR the ones I got (from TRF
> probably) had only nylon and rubber, and did not have the third layer of
> steel as the factory ones did.  But it's possible I'm thinking of the ones I
> got for the Stag.
> 
> -- Randall 
> 56 TR3 TS13571L once and future daily driver
> 71 Stag LE1473 - awaiting engine rebuild
> 71-2-3 Stag - awaiting gearbox rebuild 
> 
>> So any trick to inserting them into the shaft?  How tightly 
>> can I squeeze them?  My current method is to use a hose clamp 
>> like a piston ring compressor.  I bought the original style 
>> "unimproved" ones.
>