Thanks Randy,
I was kinda thinking along these lines too, though I was planning on a
graphite/grease rather than graphite/oil mix. I have the old felt
bushing and while it is greasy, I'm pretty sure it doesn't have any
graphite in it. But adding graphite does seem like a pretty good idea
to me.
Speaking of graphite. A few months back I posted a request for a
powdered graphite source. The hardware stores around here only sell
those little 1/2 oz or so tubes for lubricating locks and such. Not
any where's near enough for my needs. I did get some replies, but they
were for commercial suppliers who didn't sell to retail customers. Well
I found a ready source, in case anyone is interested. I was at West
Marine (boating supply chain) recently looking at their Fiberglassing
supplies and found cans of powdered graphite for sale there for use as
pigment. I believe the cans were 6 oz.
Roland
>
> The felt bushings are to be soaked in a solution of graphite and engine
> oil. They should never be installed dry. At this point, if you don't want
> to take it all apart again, you might try pouring some oil down the
> steering column from the top. But, you might have to take it apart to fix
> this.........
>
> Randy Kegg
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, 1 Aug 2000 11:21:43 -0700 (PDT) Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>
> writes:
> > I have a question about steering column bushings. This isn't an MGB,
> > but the parts are they same so hopefully one of you 'B owners has
> > been
> > through this and can offer some advice. Anyway, I installed new
> > upper
> > and lower bushings (the Moss catalog refers to them as bearings) in
> > my
> > steering column. The upper one is made of nylon and the lower one
> > is
> > made of felt. The problem is that the shaft is a really snug fit in
> > these bushings, particularly the lower felt bushing. I haven't
> > greased
> > these bushing yet, but even after I do, I still think it's likely to
> > be
> > an extremely tight fit. Ungreased, I can't even turn the wheel- of
> > course, the whole works is out of the car right now so I can't get
> > that
> > much torquing force on it, but it doesn't seem to me it otta be that
> > tight.
> >
> > I did notice that the old felt bushing is a lot thinner than the new
> > one, but that may be due to 37 years of being compressed in the
> > column.
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> > Roland
>
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